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CURIOSITIES 



OF THE 



BIBLE 



PERTAINING TO SCRIPTURE 



PERSONS, PLACES AND THINGS 



INCLUDING 



PRIZE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; ENIGMAS, ANAGRAMS, 

ACROSTICS, PUZZLES, QUOTATIONS, FACTS AND 

STATISTICS, WITH MANY VALUABLE READY 

REFERENCE TABLES 



DESIGNED TO INCITE IN OLD AND YOUNG A GREATER DESIRE TO 
" Search the Scriptures." John. v. 39 



BY A NEW YORK SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT^ 
WITH AN INTRODUCTION 



BY 



REV. J. H. VINCENT, D.D. 



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NEW YORK 

E. B. TREAT, 805 BROADWAY 

1875 









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Copyright. 
E. B. TREAT. 

1875. 



Note.— Tlie more difficult and prize questions are indicated by "bold face 

figures in numbering. 

NoTK. — The blank pages following each section are designed as memoranda 
pages for entering additional curiosities and facts as they occur in Bible reading or 
study. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Theke is no saving power in the mere letter of 
the word, even though it be the word of God. 
It is the Spirit that giveth life. 

We should not, however, despise the letter. 
It is the body ; and the Hody is of some worth as 
a medium for the soul. 

He who know^s most of the word of God, 
thouo^h it be with but an intellectual knowledo^e, 
will be that much richer w^hen the Holy Spirit 
of God touches the dry bones and bids them live. 
The dry bones in the ^'Valley of Vision'' w^ere 
better than so many stones, when the time came 
for the miracle of resurrection. 

We cannot give to our children too much 
Bible knowledge. They cannot know too much 
Bible history, nor too much Bible geography, nor 
be too well able to explain the obscure passages, 
nor too familiar with the true solution of the 
common difficulties which all Bible students 
sooner or later encounter, and which they should 
be able to explain. 



CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

Ill view of this need, I do most sincerely thank 
the industrious and ingenious "New York Sun- 
day-School Superintendent," who has compiled 
the valuable little manual of biblical curiosities 
now presented to the public. 

Let it be used wisely. Let the circle of friends, 
old and young, who may gather about table or 
fireside to spend an hour or an evening in the 
profitable recreation which it may furnish — let 
them all remember that cheerfulness and generous 
rivalry are allowable here, but that irreverence 
an'l impatience, out of place always and every- 
whei*e, are especially inappropriate, while we hold 
in our hands the most holy word of God, or 
busy ourselves with the truths which are to be 
found in it. 

May the students of the " Curiosities of the 

t/ 

Bible" become skilled in the interpretation of 
that Divine Book, and, enjoying its spiritual 
illumination, may they prove its divinity by pure 
and unselfish lives. 

J. H. Vincent. 

New York, Decemler^ 18t5. 



PEEFACE. 



This collection of treasures, new and old, is the outgrowth 
of eighteen years experience in devising methods and incen- 
tives to interest children and those of older growth in bible 
study ; and thus aid them in fulfilling the injunction — 
" search the scriptures." 

It has been a part of every Sunday's programme in our 
school, for the past eight years, to propose a bible question 
or exercise to be answered the following Sunday upon cards 
distributed by the secretary and collected at the call of the 
bell : the correct and incorrect answers beino* announced 
from the desk, with appropriate comments and explana- 
tions. 

By this method, if an incorrect answer was given, the 
unsuccessful seeker after truth was not exposed to ridicule 
in consequence of failure, but was ready for the next propo- 
sition with as much zeal as at the outset. 

Such questions only were given as w^ere founded upon 
the bible and answered in it, and such as would excite in the 
mind of bible readers and seekers after truth a curiosity to 
know how, when, where, and under what circumstances they 
occurred. 

To secure these, a vast range of bible literature has been 
searched. Among the most prominent aids may by men- 
tioned the very excellent London periodicals, " The Sunday 
at Home," " The Quiver,'' and "Band of Hope Eeview." My 



PREFACE. 

associates — officers, teachers, and scholars — have jointly 
interes-ted themselves with me in solving many of the intri- 
cate problems herein contained. 

A large number of these are 'prize questions and puzzles, 
which have elicited a wide correspondence, and the deep 
interest manifested in them gives the assurance that the 
benefit derived from these exercises can never be estimated. 

In verification of this statement, selections are given 
from the testimony of a large number who, in their resear- 
ches, have not only been stimulated by the hope of winning 
an earthly reward, but have been led to deeper thought and 
richer experience, which of itself is a matchless prize. 

Extracts from letters. — " I cannot tell you how 
pleasant and happy have been the hours spent in studying 
the bible for this purpose. Time and trouble have been 
repaid with interest in the enlargement of biblical know- 
ledge, and the increase of love for the bible.'' 

" I have derived lifelong benefit from the close communion 
with the book of books and the author of it, finding new 
beauties in the scriptures, and obtaining a priceless treasure 
which neither the world nor time can take away." 

'' I can thankfully say, reading the bible for these ans- 
wers has shown me the truth in a way I never saw before." 

" I read the entire book of psalms through five times for 
one answer." 

This volume has a two-fold mission : to increase our 
knowledge of all biblical facts, and beget intensity in all 
hearts a greater love for the Book of Life. That the num- 
ber of those who may be thus benefitted may become legion 
is the hope of the compiler. 

T. B. E. 

Washington Heights, New York City, Dec, 1875. 



CONTENTS. 



Curious Questions 
pertaining to 



Preface w 9 

' First Things of the Bible 13 

Old Testament Persons 19 

New Testament Persons 49 

Old Testament Places 61 

New Testament Places 67 

Old Testament Thmgs 71 

New Testament Things 85 

Bible Time 91 

Bible Pictures 93 

Familiar Bible Quotations - 97 

Scrii3ture Enigmas 101 

Scripture Anagrams 199 

First Things of the Bible 3 

Old Testament Persons 9 

New Testament Persons 31 

Old Testament Places 41 

New Testament Places 47 

Old Testament Things 51 

NeAv Testament Things 65 

Bible Time 71 

Bible Pictures 75 

Familiar Bible Quotations 76 

Scripture Enigmas 79 

Scripture Anagrams 135 

In the two volume edition the answers or key is bound separately. 



Key to curious 
questions pertain- 



ing to 



CONTENTS, 

What Christians should be 339 

Curious Facts about the Bible 345 

Chronological Index of the Bible 346 

Prominent Events in Ecclesiastical Histor^^ 351 

Chronological Table of Patriarchs, from Adam to Moses, 2500 years. 352 

Special Prayers of the Bible 353 

Old Testament Miracles 354 

]\IirMcles of Christ 355 

Parables of the Old Testament 356 

Parables of Jesus 356 

Discourses of Jesus 357 

Tables of Scripture Measures, Weights and Money 358 

Names and Titles applied to Our Saviour 360 



BIBLE CURIOSITIES 

PERTAINING TO 

iTirat ^()tua0. 

LAnswers page 3.] 

1. What was the first created thing ? 

2. What was the first prophecy? 

3. Who built the first city ? 

4. Who was the first sacred historian ? 

5. Who was the first judge according to the Bible ? 

6. Who was the first pilgrim ? 

7. Who was the first shepherd mentioned in the Scriptures ? 

8. Who told the first lie as recorded in the Scriptures ? 

9. What was the first of the ten plagues of Egypt ? 

10. What was the first recorded song of the angels ? 

11. Who was the first Jewish high priest *? 

12. Who was the first transgressor ? 

13. Who was the first gardener ? 

14. Who first wore the bridal veil ? 

15. Who was the first machinist in brass and iron?. 

16. Who was the first exile in Bible times ? 

17. Of what did the first wedding present consist ? 

18. What was the first thing engraved ? 

19. Who first held the office of scribe ? 

20. By whom and for whom was the first burying ground 
bought ? 

21. According to sacred history who was the first hunter? 

22. Who built the first ship ? 

23. Who was the first outcast and vagabond? 



I 



14 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

24. Who first suffered martyrdom ? 

25. Who is the first person known to have worn a ring on 
his finger and a gold chain on his neck ? 

2(j. Who first used a saddle as recorded in the Bible ? 

27. Who was the first man born that was named by the 
Lord before his birth ? 

28. Who was the first to weep, according to the Scriptures? 

29. Who was the first person that broke all the command- 
ments ? 

30. Who was the first person that died after the creation ? 

31. Who was the first person that died a natural death ? 

32. What was the first Scriptural song ? 

33. Who made the first confession to the Lord, as recorded 
in the Bible ? 

34. Who was first guilty of theft, aside from Eve ? 

35. What was the first offering of woman recorded in the 
Bible ? 

36. Who was the first shepherdess? 

37. Who was the first recorded person raised from death to 
life? 

38. Who erected the first monument to the memory of the 
dead ? 

39. Who was the first Jew to marry a Gentile, according to 
the Scriptures ? 

40. What is the first mountain mentioned in the Bible ? 

41. What were the first words spoken to man ? 

42. Who was the first negro convert to Christianity men- 
tioned in the Bible ? 

43. Who was the first that was called ''the Hebrew'*' or 
Jew ? 

44. What is the first Bible record of the use of a navy ? 

45. Where was the ferry-boat first used, and by whom? 

46. When was the Sabbath first instituted, and bv whom 
observed-? 

47. Where have wo an account of the first missionary 
meeting ? 

48. Where is mention first made of the purchase of land ? 



FIRST THINGS. 15 

49. Where is the first mention of printing in the Bible ? 

50. What is the first recorded use of current money ? 

51. What was the text of our Saviour's first sermon? 

52. Give the occasion on which man first exercised the 
power of speech. 

53. AYhatw^as the occasion of the first voluntary fast re- 
corded in the Bible ? 

54. How does the first sermon delivered by man (who ?) 
resemble the modern style of discourses ? . 

55. Who w^as the first president appointed in sacred history, 
and by whom appointed V 

5G. When was the use of flesh as food first allowed to man ? 

57. What is the first recorded account of female govern- 
ment ? 

53. Which of the tribes marched first in their journeyings 
throLigh the wilderness ? 

59. What was the first miracle performed by Christ ? 

60. Where are the wicked first spoken of as sinners, in the 
Bible? 

61. Who first took an oath or affidavit? 

62. Where is mention first made of a library ? 

63. Give the first Scripture reference made to God as a 
King. 

64. What was the first prayer for a king ? 

65. Where is the first mention of beggars ? 

66. W^here is the first prophecy of the millennium recorded ? 

67. Where is recorded the first act of surveying ? 

68. Where do we read of the first Christian letter of recom- 
mendation ? 

69. When and by whom were temperance societies first 
formed ? 

70. Where were mules first found and by whom ? 



OLD TESTAMENT CURIOSITIES 

PERTAINING TO 

[Answers page 9,] 

1. To whom did God promise that his children should be 
in numbers as the stars in heaven ? 

2. How many examples does the Scripture give of ungodly 
men desiring the prayers of the righteous ? 

3. What queen was deprived of her throne by her son be- 
cause of her idolatry? 

4. By whom were the Jews delivered according to pro- 
phecy ? 

5. Why were the Levites scattered over the face of the 
earth ? 

6. What king beat down a city and sowed it with salt ? 

7. Who was the father-in-law of Moses ? 

8. A man was driving his oxen in the field, and another 
man came and threw his mantle over him. Who were these 
men ? 

9. What prophet was himself the subject of prophecy? 

10. In what famine do we read that women ate their own 
children ? 

11. The legal heir to the throne of Judah was hid by his 
aunt for six years in the House of God to escape a murderous 
hand. Who was the woman and who was the future King ? 

12. In what cave did David seek refuge when pursued by 
Saul? 

13. What did Solomon name the two piUars in the porch 
of the temple ? 

14. What cave was the hiding-place of five Kings of Israel? 



20 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

15. Of whom does the Bible speak as plowing with twelve 
yoke of oxen ? 

16. Which of the Kings of Israel built an ivory house ? 

17. Who alone escaped the massacre of the priests of Nob ? 

18. Of whom does the Bible say, when frightened, his hair 
stood on end ? 

19. What King of Babylon put out the eyes of a captured 
King of Judah? 

20. Who was the last King of Judah ? 

21. Who was the last King of the ten tribes of Israel? 

22. On what mountain was Josiah slain in battle ? 

23. What King of Israel commanded eighty-five priests to 
be slain with a sword ? 

24. What woman upon the death of her son, king of 
Judah, murdered her grandchildren and usurped the kingdom? 

25. When was the feast of tabernacles celebrated for the 
first time after the death of Joshua ? 

26. What was the name of the King of Judah that had his 
eyes put out and then imprisoned for life ? 

27. On what mountains was a King commanded to gather 
a whole nation ? 

28. What prophetess dwelt under a palm tree? 

29. Who was the left-handed judge that delivered Israel? 

30. Who slew his seventy brothers and proclaimed himself 
King of Israel ? 

31. Of whom does the Bible give an account as highway 
robbers ? 

32. The life of what King was endangered by a stone from 
the hand of a woman ? 

33. Whose life was lengthened fifteen years in answer to 
prayer ? 

34. Who wished to '* die the death of the righteous? '' 

35. Who are the only three persons mentioned in the Bible 
whose names commence with the letter Y ? 

36. What King in besieging a city set an example to his 
people and said : '* What ye have seen me do, make haste and do 
as I have done ? " 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS. 21 

37. Who was made King of Juclali at seven years of age, 
having been hid for six years? 

38. What King shut up the temple of God? 

39. Of whom and by whom was it said, they had " written 
bitter things against him? " 

40. What High Priest stood between the living and the 
dead and averted a plague that had already slain 14,700 ? 

41. What King of Judah was smitten with leprosy as a 
judgment of the Lord for his pride ? 

42. What Canaanite King cruelly cut of(: the thumbs and 
great toes of seventy conquered Kings and was subsequently 
captured and made to suffer the same cruelty ? 

43. What rebel General gave the blood of a Queen to the 
dogs ? 

44. What King was wounded in battle and to avoid the 
reproach of being killed by a woman ordered his ai-mor-bearer 
to slay him ? 

45. What bock of the Bible was written without ment'ionin:^ 
the name of God ? 

46. What King of Israel established an itinerant Ministry? 

47. By whom and to whom was it said " Come with us and 
we will do thee good?*' 

48. What King had two sons that were lovely and pleasant 
in their lives and in death they were not divided? 

49. Who delivered Israel b}^ killing 600 Philistines with an 
ox goad? 

50. From whom did Moses the leader of Israel receive his 
name, and why? 

51. Who was King of Sodom at the time of its destruc- 
tion ? 

25. Who was King of Gomorrah at the time of its destruc- 
tion ? 

53. What was Aaron's conduct when his two sons were de- 
stroyed by fire from the Lord ? 

54. Who attempted to escape from the presence of the Lord 
and paid his fare on a ship to another port ? 

55. Where was Moses buried ? 



22 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

50. What was the early Bible name for Prophet? 

57. How many were the Songs of Solomon? 

58. What is the shortest song in the Bible ? 

59. A certain King was smothered by his servant, who was he / 

60. Who had for a possession 23 cities of Gilead? 

61 . By whom were the children of Israel carried captive into 
Bal)ylon ? 

62. What ancient King employed dromedaries as mail car- 
riers V 

63. AYho was the founder of the Hebrew nation ? 

61. What King of Israel committed suicide, and how? 

65. What laboring men were so honest in their dealings that 
no accounts were kept? 

6Q. Xame two persons that saved their lives by hiding in a 
well. 

67. Of what defeated King does the Bible say, " How are 
the mighty fallen? " 

68. What two young men of the Bible were swifter than 
eagles and sti-onger than lions ? 

69. Wh.it King lost a thousand chariots in battle and who 
captured them? 

70. Who was Melchizedek? 

71. What Jewish King displayed his zeal for the Lord in 
dest'oying idolaters? 

72. What King and what punishment was inflicted upon him 
for attempting to lay hold on a prophet of God ? 

73. AVhat was the name of Moses' wife? 

71. What leader of a rebellion among the children of Israel 
was swallowed by an earthquake and all his host? 

75. Who prayed " Give me neither poverty nor riches V " 

76. Who said though He slay me yet will I trust Hiii ? 

77. Who is the shortest man mentioned in the Bible? 

78. What five instances does the Bible give of caves being 
used as places of refuge ? 

79. How were the Israelites commanded to treat strangers ? 

80. What tribe was condemned to perpetual bondage, and 
by whos3 order? 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS. 23 

81. What employment did Joshua give the Gibeonite bond- 
men? 

82. With what people was the first battle fought by the 
Israelites after leaving Egypt ? 

S3. Who hid one hundred prophets in a cave? 

84. In whose funeral possession do we find the first mention 
of horsemen ? 

85. Who prophesied that the Jews should eat their own 
children ? 

86. Who did the Lord make a terror to himself and his 
friends, and why? 

87. Who prophesied that Judah should be carried captive 
into Babylon and where is it recorded ? 

88. Where do we first read of a collection being taken, and 
for what purpose ? 

89. What woman said *' I am w^eary of my life? *' 

90. What criminal in his confession said I saw, I coveted, I 
took? 

91. Of what old man do we read w^ho felt none of the in- 
firmities of age? 

92. Six women once took a journey which resulted in a 
wedding. Who was the bride and groom. 

93. Who expressed a desire to be " where the wicked cease 
from troubling and the weary be at rest? " 

94. What two instances do the Scriptures give of deceit 
being employed by good men for their owm preservation ? 

95. What w^oman ridiculed a King for rejoicing, and suffered 
by it? 

9(3. What did Job say at the loss of his children and all his 
possessions ? 

97. What was the name of Aaron's wife ? 

98. What was the language of Eli when sore afflicted ? 

99. Which of the prophets was carried captive to Baby- 
lon? 

100. Who was the prophet of Israel in the time of Saul? 

101. Which of the prophets was a herdsman? 

102. Who was Maher-shaial-hash-baz ? 



24 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

103. What High Priest made and worshipped idols? 

104. What victorious army took as trophies of war two 
hundred thousand captives and much spoil? 

105. Upon the advice of what prophet was a captive host 
returned to their own country by their victors? 

106. AVhat king in his vain glory took a census of his 
people? 

107. What four persons does the Bible mention as being 
engaged in a legitimate, remarkable, and profitable oil specu- 
lation ? 

108. What king traded in apes and peacocks? 

109. AVho, when bereft of his best earthly friend, did not 
weep in compliance with the command of God? 

11«0. What two prophets re[)roved King David? 

111. What King of Israel followed heathen practices by 
burning his children in the fire ? 

112. What haughty king, and in what way did God punish 
him for his pride and arrogance? 

113. Who is greater than he that taketh a city? 

114. Who sang a song of lamentation over the death of Saul 
and Jonathan? 

115. What is the longest word in the Bible? 

116. What prophet was confined in a dungeon? 

117. Who in time of trouble preferred to fall into the hands 
of God than into the hands of men ? 

118. Of what prophet is it recorded that he ate a book ? 

119. How many prophetesses are there mentioned in the 
Bible? 

120. In whose time w^as the great Jewish reformation? 

121. What is the most noted instance of devoted friend- 
ship? -y 

122. Why was Joab promoted to be captain over David's 
army ? 

123. What j3ious King of Israel before going into battle 
sought help from God ? 

124. What three servants of God, during trial, wished to 
die? 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS. 25 

1*25. From whence was fire originally obtained which was 
kept perpetually burning on the golden altar? 

126. How many instances does the Bible mention of adopted 
children ? 

127. Who was the most wicked King of Israel? 

128. To which son of Jacob w^as the birthright given when 
taken from Reuben? 

129. To w^hom did God promise an early death as a special 
favor ? 

loO. What nation was famed for skill in hewing timber? 

131. What distinguished female character was buried under 
an oak? 

132. In answer to whose prayer was rain witheld and after- 
w^ards granted? 

133. Who refused to seek refuge in the temple in a time of 
danger? 

134. Who was forbidden to eat anything made from the 
vine ? 

135. What King of Israel was a shepherd in his youth ? 

136. What was Balaam's wish concerning his death? 

137. Who w^as the last King of Israel? 

138. Prove from the Scriptures, that Moses had a pattern of 
the tabernacle shown him? 

139. To what King of Israel did the Lord appear in a dream 
by night? 

140. What people was always employed day and night ? 

141. What tribe was so fond of jewelry as to put golden 
chains on their camel's necks? 

142. What three persons w^here swallowed alive in a pit, and 
wdiy? 

143. Who are now the children of Abraham ? 

144. By whom was the first temperance society organized? 

145. By whom w^as a w^ater test once used to prove soldiers? 

146. Whose army was compared to ' ' grasshoppers for multi- 
tude," and their camels w^ere without number? 

147. What king was smitten with leprosy, and why? 

148. What was the name of Elisha's father? 

2 



26 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

119. What leader of Israel demanded of a conquered tribe 
their golden ear-rings as a trophy of his victory?* 

150. Who built an altar unto the Lord at Mount Ebal? 

151. AVhat king shut up the temple of God? 

152. Who did the Lord help in battle with hail-stone, which 
slew^ more than the sw^ord ? 

153. Who did the Lord send as spies by night to the Midian- 
it.''s camp and secured to them the victory? 

151. What was Joshua's inheritance in Canaan? 

155. What prophet speaks of children playing in the streets 
when describing Jerusalem in prosperity? 

156. Who built the first city, according to the Scriptures? 

157. Who was punished with death for touching the Ark of 
God? 

158. What are the names of the five kings who made war 
against Gideon and were hanged? 

159. To whose house was the Ark taken when brought to 
Jerusalem, and how long did it remain? 

160. Whose house was taken by the authorities for a prison, 
and what prophet was secured in it? 

161. B}^ whom was the prophet Jeremiah arrested and put 
in prison? 

162. Who mortgaged their farms in time of drouth to buy 
corn ? 

163. What governor of Judea refused a salary from his 
people and treated them witli princely hospitality? 

161. Who w^as the first person that died after the creation? 

165. Who was the first [)erson that died a natural death? 

166. What w^as the name and rank of the officer under 
Nebuchadnezzar that set fire to the temple at the first destruction 
of Jerusalem ? 

167. Unto whom was it said '^set thine house in order for 
thou shalt surely die " ? 

168. How manv were the Proverbs of Solomon? 

169. What prophet wore a veil, and why? 

170. What were the names of the twelve men, one from 
each tribe of Israel, sent to search out the land of Canaan? 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS. 27 

171. What was the manner of Saul's death, and why? 

1 72. Who was the mighty man of valor afflicted with leprosy ? 

173. A boy was once sent to carry to his brothers some loaves 
and some parched corn. The army to which his brothers 
belonged gained a great victory in consequence of this visit. 
What was name of the boy? How was the victory w^on? 

174. What distinguished Bible personage was arrayed in 
scarlet and gold with a chain about his neck? 

175. What aged prophet's hands where upheld by two per- 
sons and caused the armies of Israel to be victorious ? 

176. AVho entertained an angel unawares by offering a burnt 
offering, and the angel ascended in the flames thereof? 

177. Who was successor to David, King of Israel? 

178. Who was Samson's father? 

179. Who was Manoah? 

180. Who partook of a meal prepared bv an angel, and 
was sustained forty days and nights while in the mountain? 

181. The birth of how many distinguished Bible characters 
were announced by angels? 

152. ^V"hose life was saved bv oivino- heed to the warnino-s 
of an angel? 

183. Unto whom did an angel appear with a drawn sword? 

184. What names were given to angels, and how many? 
18.5. How many Canaanite kings did the children of Israel 

destro}^ on the taking of the promised land ? 

186. Who slew three hundred Philistines with a spear? 

187. AVho was chief of the mighty men of David? 

188. Who wrested a spear from a giant's hands and slew 
him in self-defence? 

189. Who made the first confession to the Lord as recorded 
in the Bible? 

190. Who was the first Jev/ that married a Gentile, according 
to the Bible? 

191. Who preferred to " abide in the street all night," than 
partake of the hospitatity of a prophet? 

192. Who wrote of being a witness to the swift flight of an 
angel ? 



28 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

193. What mighty man had his robe torn in twelve pieces 
by a prophet? 

194. Of whom was it foretold by an angel that his beard 
should never be shaved? 

195. On how many occasions were angels sent to destroy men? 

196. For whom did an angel ]3repare a dinner? 

197. Who was chief among the captains of David ? 

198. Of whom does the Bible mention as having met and 
killed a lion in a snow storm ? 

199. What office will the angels perform at the judgment day ? 

200. Who entertained angels unawares? 

201. What three persons does the Bible mention as b^ing 
mighty in strength and each slew a lion ? 

202. What two persons were commanded by an angel to ta';e 
oft' their shoes ? 

203. What heroic act of one of the captains of David made 
him chief among them ? 

201.. Who was Moses' father-in-law? 

205. Who had giant sons, and preserved their land forty 
years from a foreign invasion ? 

206. What was the fate of the ten spies that brought a false 
report from Canaan ? 

207. What prophet tore the robe of a mighty man in twelve 
pieces ? 

208. Who was borne away by angels after his death ? 

209. Who hid a linen girdle in a rock by the river Eu- 
phrates ? 

210. Which of the prophets was a gatherer of sycamore 
fruit ? 

211. Who plundered the temple and took away the shields 
of gold? 

212. Who carried a little coat to her son every year? 

213. Unto whom did God say, '^ I am thy shield? " 

214. By whom was Solomon's temple first destroyed? 

215. Of whom was it said he prayed by an open window? 

216. Who does the Bible say is greater than he that taketh 
a city ? 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS, 29 

217. Who could say of the Lord from sad experience '' those 
that walk in pride he is able to abase? " 

218. What wicked King was punished by the Lord till his 
hairs were grown like eagles' feathers and his nails like birds' 
claws. 

219. TAHiat builders worked with a sword girded at their 
side and armed men standing beside them? Who were thesa 
and why were they armed? 

220. What King showed to the messengers of another King 
all his silver and gold and treasures ? 

221. Who restored the vessels taken from the first tem- 
ple? 

222. What prophefc broke the yoke and bonds off the neck 
of another prophet, and what was his name? 

223. What general lay in ambush with his army and succeed- 
ed in capturing it and destroyed its inhabitants and burnt the 
city? 

224. The King of what city was taken alive in battle and 
hung to a tree until dead? 

225. What was Joshua's name up to the time he was chosen 
one of the twelve to spy out the land of Canaan? 

226. What King was guilty of idolatry in making two 
golden calves and commanding the people to w^orship them ? 

227. Who boastfully said, '' Is not this the great Babylon 
that I have built?'' 

228. Who, to avoid being captured, was let down from a 
house top by a scarlet cord ? 

229. What vision did Ezekel see by the river Chebar? 

230. Who dedicated the temple? 

231. How was the prophecy fulfilled that the glory of the 
second temple should be greater than the glory of the first ? 

232. Who sought retirement in a field for meditation ? 

233. Of what King is it said " that he was driven from men 
and did eat gTass as oxen? " 

234. Who put out Zedekiah's eyes ? 

235. What captive was appointed ruler over all that his 
master had ? 



30 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

236. What prophet put bonds and yokes on his neck, and 
why? 

237. Who prepared the material for building the temple? 

238. By whom was the foundation of the second temple 
laid? 

239. Who prophesied that the glory of the second temple 
should be greater than the glory of the first? 

240. Who beheld a vision in the valley of dry bones ? 

241. In answer to whose prayers was rain sent ; also pre- 
vented ? 

242. Who buried Saul's body after he had committed 
suicide ? 

243. Who said "To obey is better than sacrifice, and to 
hearken, than the fat of rams? " 

244. Who burned incense on an altar before idols of gold ? 

245. Who was afflicted with insanity as a punishment from 
the Lord for his pride and arrogance? 

246. Who built Tadmor (Palmyra) in the desert? 

247. Which prophet acted the part of a physician by giving 
a medical prescription ? 

248. Who proved themselves the servants of God by partak- 
ing only of vegetables and water ? 

249. Why were the Ammonites and the Moabites prohibited 
from coming into the congregation of the Lord forever ? 

250. Which of the prophets w^as called from the plow? 

251. Who in deep affliction was forsaken by all his friends 
and afterward in the time of prosperity visited him, each one 
bringing a piece of gold and an ear-ring? 

252. Who rent his mantle and plucked off his hair? 

253. Who were the bride and groom of the first bridal pro- 
cession that entered the land of Canaan? 

254. Who prophesied the destruction of a city and its doom 
was averted by the repentance of its people? 

255. The destruction of Ninevah was the fulfilment of 
whose prophecy ? 

256. Who built a monument in the middle of a river? 
AVhat river, and why ? 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS. 31 

257. By whom and on what occasion was a monument used 
as a table in eating? 

258. What was Relshazzar's last official act before his death ? 

259. Who was Belshazzar's successor as King of the Chal. 
deans ? 

260. What commander refused to lead his army to battle 
unless a prophetess accompanied him ? 

261. What prophetess played upon a musical instrument? 

262. What Jewish captives were promoted to positions of 
honor in Babylon ? 

263. Who was reigning King of Babylon at the time of its 
capture by the Medes ? 

264. Who was the first president mentioned in Sacred His- 
tory and by whom appointed ? 

265. What exile returned and rebuilt the walls of the city of 
his fathers ? 

266. What aged person waited in Jerusalem the coming of 
the Messiah ? 

267. Why did God permit the children of Israel to be re- 
moved from their land ? 

268. What King was carried captive to Babylon and brought 
back to Jerusalem ? 

269. What was the height of the giant Goliath ? 

270. Who does the Bible say had six fingers and six toes on 
each hand and foot ? 

271. What prophet mentions by name three men eminent 
for piety and prayer? Who were they ? 

272. What was the total number of the children of Israel 
that went dowm to Egypt ? 

273. How many were there of the children of Israel that 
came out of Egypt 430 years afterward? 

274. Who slew eighty-five priests, and by whose command? 

275. Who was very near being killed for eating a little honey ? 

276. What King of Judah had not seen a copy of the Law 
till he was twenty-six years old ? 

277. What treasurer built for himself a sepulchre in which 
he was never laid ? 



32 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

278. Who built a pillar to make himself remembered because 
he had no son ? 

279. What two false prophets of the same names as a 
King of Israel and a King of Judah were burned by Nebu- 
chadnezzar? 

280. How many instances are recorded in the Old Testament 
of the dead being raised to life? 

281. Who was in command of the largest army recorded in 
the Bible ? 

282. What wicked King delayed the punishment due to his 
evil deeds by humbling himself? [battle? 

283. What King of Israel disguised himself before entering 

284. Who was the mother of Jehoshaphat, King of Judah ? 

285. Who was pronounced a ready scribe in the law? 

286. What King of Israel sold himself to work wickedness ? 

287. What prophet shared the fate of a criminal by being 
placed in the stocks? 

283. Why was the name of Pashur, a governor of Judah, 
changed to Magor-missabib ? 

289. What King released Jehoiachim, King of Judah, after 
he had been in prison thirty-seven years, and nourished and 
honored him till the day of his death ? 

290. What captive Jew grieved so bitterly over the downfall 
of Jerusalem that he w^as permitted by the King, whom he 
served, to return and rebuild the holy city ? 

291. How many instances are given of laying hold on the 
horns of the altar for refuge ? 

292 . What prophet called for music before delivering his 
prophecy ? 

293. Under whose reign was silver as plentiful as stones in 
Jerusalem ? 

294. What King of Israel was slain in battle and the dogs 
licked up his blood ? 

295. What Scriptural examples are there of early piety? 

296. Who was the brother of Goliath, and who slew him? 

297. What dead man was restored to life by touching the 
bones of another? 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS. 83 

298. What tribe had no inheritance in the land of promise, 
and why? 

299. What King of Israel was told by a dying prophet to 
take a bow and arrow and shoot out the wdndow and smite the 
ground ? 

300. Who hid a hundred prophets in a cave? 

301. By whom and to whom was the question asked, " How 
old art thou? " and w^hat answer was given? 

302. Who employed a wandering Levite as a family priest, 
paying him a yearly salary, besides his board and clothes ? 

303. What " mighty man of valor " was restored to liealth 
by means of a captive servant? 

304. What two remarkable prayers were answered before 
the petition was concluded? 

305. Who followed a father's advice, " To drink no wine? '* 

306. Who stole money from his mother, and upon its return 
was melted into idols ? 

307. What was Samson's riddle, and w^here is it recorded? 

308. Who prayed all night till break of day? 

309. By whose order were seventy brothers slain and their 
heads put in a basket? 

310. What king had an iron bedstead ? 

311. Who filled up the wells that Abraham had dug, and 
who dug them out? 

312. What woman w^andered seven years in a land of 
strangers, dimng a famine in her own country? 

313. Wlien was prayer once offered from the depths of the 
sea? 

314. Who calls the grave "the house appointed for all 
living " ? 

315. What Jewish prince was found suspended in the 
branches of an oak? 

316. What young man listened to the counsel of his com- 
panions with disastrous results, rather than heed the advice of 
his father? 

317. Who was King of Assyria at the time the children 
of Israel w^ere first carried into captivity? 

3 



34 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

318. What two men were ]3rophesied of by name long before 
their birth? 

319. Who built Mneveh? 

320. Which tribes of Israel were first carried into captivity? 

321. What man wept when those that had injured liini asked 
his forgiveness? 

322. Among the men born after the flood, w^lio attained the 
greatest age? 

' 323. What women are mentioned in the Bible as taking part 
in the relis^ious services? 

324. Mention the name of the only female whose full name 
is given in the Bible. 

325. What king visited a dying seer, and from restricted 
faith injured his own fortunes? 

326. What warrior fought so long and desperately that his 
hand clave to the hilt of his sword? 

327. Give instances of a single person being called by 
different names in the Bible. 

328. What prophecy was fulfilled by Sampson becoming a 
judge? 

329. The tribe of Dan is omitted from one of the lists of 
the tribes of Israel and that of Simeon from another, where are 
these lists found? 

330. On w^hat three occasions is the destroying angel men- 
tioned ? 

331. How was it that Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram. 
King of Israel, came to the throne upon the death of his father? 

332. By what means did Rahab aid the escape of the spies 
sent to Jericho ? 

333. What disciples of our Lord wished to command fire to 
come down from heaven upon the Samaritans? 

334. For what purpose did Jeremiah use the type of good 
and bad figs ? 

335. AVhat special law was given to Moses in reference to 
cases w^here property was left to the daughters cf a family? 

336. For what purpose did Jeremiah hide stones in the clay 
nearest to the house of Pharaoh, King of Egypt, in Taphanhes? 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS. 35 

337. Wliat price did Aniaziali, King of Jiidah, pay for the 
liiue of one hundred thousand of Israelites? 

338. Who was the founder of Samaria? 

339. Mention a passage where old clouts are mentioned as 
used in helping a prophet out of a dungeon. 

34:0. AVhart Kiug of Judah " did that which was evil in the 
sight of the Lord," and reigned but three months and ten days? 

341. What man of Israel was stoned for blaspheming God ? 

342. For what purpose was Aaron's rod, which budded, 
kept in the tabernacle? [and by whom? 

343. Where were the bones of Saul and Jonathan buried, 

344. What two kings disguised themselves before going into 
battle, and were both slain by archers? 

345. Who is it likens the ungojly to chaff? 

346. What relation w^as David to Joab? 

347. By what means did Michal, the daughter of Saul, 
deceive her father as to the absence of David? 

348. What king w^as on the throne of Judah when he was 
only eight years old? 

349. What were the names of the sons of Samuel? 

350. Quote the words used by Moses at the commencement 
and termination of the journeyings of the Israelites. 

351. What ki[ig was smitten with leprosy for burning 
incense ? 

352. What women helped to build the walls of Jerusalem? 

353. Which of David's relatives acted as a scribe for him? 

354. What was the name of the nm'se of Rebakah, the vnfe 
of Isaac ? 

355. Who was the captain of the guard appointed to look 
after Jeremiah and remove him from prison? 

356. What miracle did God w^ork to enable a widow to pay 
her debts ? 

357. What was the total number of captives who returned 
from the Babylonish captivity with Ezra ? 

358. When God sent an anofel in the davs of David to destrov 
Jerusalem, wdio was said to have seen the angel and hid them- 
selves ? 



3G CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

359. Who is mentioned as having dwelt in the college of the 
prophets ? 

360. Quote the passage in which Elisha calls Ahab a 
murderer. 

361. What persons are mentioned as being able to use both 
the right hand and the left in hui'ling stones and shooting 
arrows? 

362. What judgment fell upon the two eldest sons of Aaron, 
and why ? 

363. Where do we find it recorded of Moses that he was 
leprous ? 

364. What king's body was fastened to the wall of Beth- 
shan ? 

365. Of what people is it said that they could ' ' fling a stone 
at a hair's breadth? " 

366. Of whom is it recorded that he went down and slew a 
a lion in a pit on a ^nowj day? 

367. What king visited a dying prophet's bed and wept 
OA^er him ? 

36S. Which was the learned tribe of Israel ? 

369. Who was the Ethiopian wlio trusted in the Lord and 
his life was given him for a prey? 

370. Who was hypocrite enough to weep with some mourn- 
ing wo^'shippers, thus decoying them into the city and tlien 
slew them ? 

371. Who predicted that an evading king should pitch his 
tent over the spot indicated ? 

372. What other nation besides Israel is to be scattered to 
eve-ry people ? 

373. In Ezek. xii. 13, it is said to Zedekiah, I will bring him 
to Babvlon, vet he shall not see it, how could that be? 

371. Who was the young man that was jealous of his mas- 
ter's honor? 

375. Which was the honest tribe in Israel? 

376. !N"ame the man and his four sons who hid themselves 
from an angel. 

377. What relation was Esther to Mordecai? 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS, 37 

378. What prophet waited for a good man to say grace 
before they sat down to their feast? 

379. What King of Israel loved farming? 

380. Who did a brave deed upon a " snowy day? " 

381. Whom did the Lord seek to kill in an inn as lie was on 
a journey wdth his wife and child? 

382. What woman was won by the bravery of a warrior and 
became his wife, after the husband had fled from his country, 
she married another man, but when he became great he sent to 
the king of the country he had left and demanded his wife, the 
kino- took her from her husband and sent her under a soldier's 
escort, her husband followed weeping until sent back by the 
captain ? 

383. Who was the heathen priest w^hose grandsons are 
frequently mentioned in scripture ? 

384. What very old man, the oldest since the flood, w^as kind 
to a boy who afterwards repaid his kindness by killing his 
son ? 

385. What king's name meant peaceable ? 

386. What man, although w^arned, invited his murderer to 
a feast ? 

387. What tribe furnished the counsellors of Israel? 

388. Where is the destrovino- annuel mentioned three times in 
the Old Testament ? [death ? ' ' 

389. Who said "there is but one step between me and 

390. The Lord once asked a man if he sought great things 
for himself, and told him not to do so, who w^as it? 

391. How many men were sent to take up Jeremiah from 
the dungeon? 

392 . Where do we read that certain postmen were mocked 
and jeered at when they delivered the news? 

393. What king did God smite wdth leprosy ? 

394. What king offered to covenant W'ith the men of a city, 
provided he might thrust out their right eyes? 

395. Name the man to whom an angel spake as he stood on 
a hill top, at whose foot lay one hundred and two men, 
scorched to death. 



38 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

396. Name the seven persons whose names were predicted 
before their birth. 

397. In the Jewish polity, who might not marry a widow? 

398. What two young men fell victims to a curse which had 
been pronounced five centuries previously, a curse which probably 
their fathers, who were the cause of the judgment, never knew 
or had forgotten ? 

399. Give instances of ^^ossessing the assurance of forgive- 
ness of sin. 

400. Where are tinkering gipsies mentioned in the Bible? 

401. Who w'as David's companion and counsellor at an 
early part of his reign ? 

402. What king had eighty-eight children? 

403. Prove from the Old and New Testament that David 
W'as inspired. 

404. What tribe of Israel was noted for the possession of 
practical wisdom? 

405. The Tree of Life mentioned in the revelations is also 
spoken of by which of the prophets? 

406. Quote the passage in which Isaiah expressly foretells 
the resurrection of the dead. 

407. Who, in Bible times, preached from a pulpit? 

408. Name two Hebrew leaders whose strength did not 
abate with age. [kingly manner? 

409. Who, though not a King, was said to have acted in a 

410. Name the King that was slain by conspii^ators and was 
brought on horses to his grave. 

411. Name a King who was an extensive farmer and loved 
husbandry. 

412. When Ezra the scribe expounded the Book of the Lord, 
what posture did the people assume? 

413. What King applied the very same words to a prophet 
as that prophet had previously a^Dplied to another prophet? 

414. Who was the youngest son of the Patriarch Jacob? 

415. Who was it said " let all thy wants lie on me? " 

416. Mention the circumstances under whch a prophet de- 
clared himseK to be no prophet 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS. 39 

417. ^A^hat judgment fell on one who was highly exalted and 
prosperous in consequence of his arrogating to himself spiritual 
functions'? 

418. Of whom w^as it said that baldness was produced arti- 
ncially, as indicative of mourning? 

419. What were the three principal promises that God made 
to Abraham? 

420. In what language did Moses foretell the terrible conse- 
quences of rejecting the Messiah? 

421. What reason is assigned for King Solomon passing 
sentence of death upon his brother Adonijah? 

422. We read in John xix. 17, " And Jesus bearing his cross 
Avent forth," &Co Where do we find its antitype in the Old 
Testament? 

423. Whatsoever hath a blemish, said Moses, that shall ye 
not offer. What exception was there to this rule? 

424. To what three persons was the second prophesy of the 
Messiah made? 

425. By whom and to whom was the first letter written, ac- 
cording to the Scriptures ? 

426. Give a complete list from the Old Testament of those 
who were raised from the dead. 

427. Why did God forbid the Israelites obtaining horses 
from Egypt? 

428. Who was it caused the destruction of the city of Nob ? 

429. From the head of what King did David take a crown, 
and it was placed on his own head? 

430. Who rebuilt Jericho and what prophecy was then ful- 
filled? 

431. Where is it recorded that Elisha called Ahab a mur- 
derer? 

432. How manv instances of suicide are recorded in the 

t/ 

Bible? Name the persons and the manner of their death? 

433. How many cities were given to the Levites for their 
use ? 

434. Of whom did Jeremiah prophesy that he should be 
buried with the '^ burial of an a?s? '* 



43 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

435. To whom did God promise that he should beget twelve 
princes? 

436. What were Solomon's other names, and by whom were 
they given? [adder?" 

437. Who are compared in the Scriptures to "a deaf 

438. Who was the man the prophet Jeremiah said '' would 
be a terror to himself and to all his friends? " 

439. Give the name of a King of Judah to whom it was re- 
vealed, several hundred years beforehand, that the Redeemer 
should be born of a virgin. 

440. Whit two persons are mentioned in the Old Testament 
as fastino' 40 davs? 

441. Whose seven sons were hanged on account of their 
father's perfidy? 

442. Why was the brazen serpent " that Moses made " de- 
stroyed, and by whose order? 

413. What two persons lost their lives by using "strange" 
fire in burnt offering? 

444. We read that according to the Mosaic law, a Jew, when 
he came into his neighbor's vineyard, might eat " his fill of 
grapes." What restriction was imposed on one so doing? 

445. Who was the Apollo of the Greeks and inventor of 
string and wind instruments? 

446. Who was guilty of worldly cunning in the hope of a 
reward ? 

447. What Kino^ mentioned in the Old Testament and an- 
other in the New who made the same oifer? 

448. Quote the instance in which a man was slain in a city 
of refuge. Who was he? 

449. What King and prophet both refer to slavery of the 
Israelites in Egypt in the very same terms? 

450. What three Kings were denounced in exactly the same 
words ? 

451. What judgment befell the two sons of Aaron, and why? 

452. Of whom did God say ' ' I will make him a mighty 
nation ? ' ' 

453. Whafc is the most ancient war on record ? 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS. 41 

451. In what manner, and by whom, was Benhadad put to 
death V 

455. For what reason were the Israelites forbidden by God 
to procure horses in Egypt ? 

456. With what two fearful commissions from God were 
entrusted to Jehu, the son of Hanani the seer? 

457. The names of but two of the seventy elders elected by 
Moses are mentioned in the Bible ; who were they? 

458. What two ungodly persons recorded in Genesis were 
gainers by having god-fearing servants ? 

459. What King of Moab fought against two of the grand- 
sons of Omri, King of Israel? [Israel? 

460. What prophet foretold the result of the ten tribes of 

461. By the deceit and falsehood of a woman the lives of 
what two men were saved ? 

462. How many times is it recorded that God appeared to 
Solomon ? 

463. Give two reasons recorded in Deuteronomy why God 
delivered the Jews from Egyptian bondage. 

464. Show that Job attributed his troubles to the Almighty. 

465. What prophet was told by God not to mourn when his 
wife died ? 

466. What two wicked persons, one in the Old and one in 
the New Testament were once possessed of the prophetic spirit? 

• 467. By whose advice were the women of Moab and of 
Midian instigated to turn the Israelites to idolatry? 

468. On what occasion did Solomon petition God to be 
favorable to his people in case they were ever carried captive by 
their enemy? 

4.69. Which of the tribes quarrelled with Gideon because 
they were not summoned to join him in the fighting against the 
Midianites? 

470. The names of only three women besides Eve who lived 
before the flood are recorded in the Bible ; give them and state 
w^ho they were. 

471. Where do we read of a colored woman aiding and 
abetting the escape of two fugitives? 



42 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

472. Mention the names of a few individuals whose violent 
deaths may be regarded as a consequence of their covetousness. 

473. In what part of the Old Testament do we read of the 
interment of a Jewish King in his own garden? 

474. Prove from Scripture, 1. That the Bible must be re- 
ferred to ; 2. That it should be searched ; 3. That it must be 
obeyed on all points. 

475. In what reign and for what reasons was the brazen 
serpent " that Moses had made '' destroyed? 

476. Where were the children of Israel encamped when the 
spies were despatched to " search the land of Canaan? " 

477. Who was allowed the choice of three punishments in 
consequence of his vain glory ? [salem ? 

478. What man was forbidden by the king to leave Jeru- 

479. What queen sent a message under a false signature? 

480. What prophet was suspended between earth and 
heaven by a lock of his hair ? 

481. What king feigned insanity in an enemy's country? 

482. Who told his life's secret to a woman with disastrous 
results ? 

483. Three men, in different periods, stood almost alone in 
their godliness, among a crooked and perverse generation — name 
them. 

484. What words of Shechaniah may be used by every 
sinner this side the grave ? 

485. The Almighty condescended so far as to take a name 
from certain men by which He might be known among their 
posterity ; give their names and Christ's comment upon it. 

486. From the language used by the daughters of Zelophe- 
had, show that they understood how death entered the 
world. 

487. What mother looked out of a window and cried for the 
return of her son from battle ? 

489. What blind prophet received a disguised queen ? 

490. What prophet w^as sent as a missionary to the Gentiles ? 

491. To which of the prophets does Christ relate the circum- 
stances of his martyrdom? 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS. 43 

492. AVhat exiled mother, in distress for want of water, 
threw her child under a bush to die ; the cry of the boy brought 
relief from God ? 

493. To whom did an angel announce the birth of a deliv- 
erer of Israel ? 

494. What king was declared by his people to be worth ten 
thousand of them ? 

495. What captured King had his thumbs and great toes 
cut off ? 

496. To whom was applied the military title of general ? 

497. What king, during a sleepless night, recalled an mr 
remembered act of faithful service ? 

498. What prophet was the recipient of an open letter, and 
by whom sent ? 

499. Who in the midst of starvation prophesied plenty on 
the morrow ? 

500. What king was slain by a prophet ? 

501. The mourning of a king was employed as a designation 
of the deepest grief by a prophet ; name the king and pro- 
phet. 

502. Give in one verse from the book of Job, a most signifi- 
cant description of the weakness and vanity of man. 

503. When was it plainly shown to the heathen, that the 
faith of one man is stronger than the united might of many 
ungodly nations ? 

504. ISTame a king who specified the God he served by an 
appellation which is nowhere to be found except in his history. 

505. Which of the prophets attests the statement of Moses 
as to the duration of the march of the Israelites through the 
wilderness ? 

506. When was a great reformer disregarded by those he 
wished to help, and obliged to wander, fearing punishment as 
a murderer V 

507. One and the same way was a way of life and a way of 
death ; prove this by a fact described in the Old Testament. 

508. Name a child whom God heard and answered when 
crying. 



44 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

509. Whose confession of sin was followed by forgiveness, 
and attested through a henveiily sacrament, and conveyed 
through the medium of seraphic absolution? 

510. Which of the prophets is it asserts that thirsty cattle 
call to God ? 

511. To whom was applied the epithet " mad fellow," and 
by whom ? 

512. What accident was the occasion of King Ahaziah's 
death ? 

513. What nation threw oif the yoke of Israel upon the suc- 
cession to the throne of an idolatrous king ? 

514. What prophecy was fulfilled in the death of Ahab ? 

515. What were the names and fate of two servants that 
attempted to lay violent hands on a King of eludah ? 

516. How many and what are the names of the queens that 
reigned ov^er Judah ? 

517. What king was sick two years of an incurable disease, 
and died according to prophecy ? 

518. What king on the eve of a battle was encouraged by 
the words of a prophet : — " Be not afraid, for the battle is not 
your's, but God's ? " 

519. What prophet was slain in the house of the Lord ? 
How ? Why ? And by the order of what king ? 

520. But one of the Kings of Israel was annointed, w^ho was 
he, and by whom annointed ? 

521. Dark days were at hand for the ten tribes of Israel. 
They had forsaken God, and He had given them over to their 
own ways. A succession of idolatrous kings led them farther 
and farther from God. And now their enemies are permitted 
to ravage their country. "What tribes suffered first ? And what 
geographical reason can be assigned for this ? 

522. What queen of Bible times is described by the epithet 
' ' that wicked w^oman ? ' ' 

523. What wicked King of Israel died an ignominious death, 
and was not permitted a burial in the sepulchre of the kings ? 

524. What distinguished titles were given to the descendants 
of Esau and to no other Bible characters ? 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS. 45 

525. What servant of a prophet was smitten with leprosy 
for having obtained money and goods under false pretenses ? 

526. What were the names of the three handsomest women in 
all the land ? 

527. What prophet refused to obey the command of the 
Lord ; concerning whom a miracle was wrought, and he after- 
wards repented and w^ent ? 

528. What king forced into his service every strong and 
valiant man he saw? 

529. What prophet declared himself to be "old and gray- 
headed? " 

530. What king, by the advice of his wife, appropriated the 
fruits of a poor man's vineyard? 

531. What king disguised himself in battle and was slain ? 

532. What king was cursed and grossly insulted, and by 
whom ? 

533. Who in his prayer said '^I am but dust? " 

534. Who are the only two women whose ages are recorded 
in the Bible? [judge? 

535. Of whom does the Bible speak as being a circuit 

536. What two persons witnessed the death of Aaron and 
performed the burial service ? 

537. On what occasion did the prophet Samuel express a 
fear that Saul would kill him ? 

538. What peculiar ceremony was performed by Moses in 
the consecration of Aaron and his sons to the office of priest- 
hood ? 

539. Why was Joab made the captain of David's army? 

540. Why did not Ezra have a band of soldiers to protect 
him and the Jews on their journey from Babylon to Jeru- 
salem ? 

541. What pix)phet gave a prescription to a king that healed 
a painful disease ? 

542. What king, in sickness, trusted in physicians rather 
than in the Lord for recovery ? 

543. What King of Judah was overtaken by an invading 
army and had his eyes put out ? 



46 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

Si-i. To whom did Aaron transfer his robes of office at his 
deatli ? 

545. What people suffered torture, equalled only by the 
inquisition of the dark agesV 

546. Who said " This is none other but the house of God, 
and this is the gate of heaven V '^ 

547. What are the names of Job's three friends that came 
to mourn with him V 

548. What prophet erected a monument commemorative of 
a great victory ? What did^he name the monument ? 

549. The appeal of fiYQ orphan girls to a judge caused anew 
law to be made in favor of woman's rights. Name the parties, 
and what was the law ? 

550. What two kings were dx'iven from their dominions by 
hornets ? 



NEW TESTAMENT CURIOSITIES 

PERTAINING TO 

persona. 

[Answers page 31.] 

1. Who are the only three persons mentioned in the Bible, 
whose names commence with the letter F ? 

2. Who was the first Christian convert in Europe ? 

3. Who carried the Epistle of St. Paul from Corinth to 
Rome ? 

4. What unrighteous judge trembled before a prisoner in 
chains ? 

5. For whom did a band of men lie in wait, bound by an 
oath that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed 
him? 

6. What New Testament orator preferred charges against 
St. Paul? 

7 . Who accused St. Paul as being a ringleader ? 

8 . What prisoner in chains addressed a multitude from the 
stairs of a castle ? 

9. Where may we find in St. Paul's own words an account of 
his conversion ? 

10. What is the name of the only person mentioned in the 
Bible w^hose name commences with the letter Q ? 

11. To whom is promised the hidden manna? 

12. Who in preaching prolonged his sermon till midnight? 

13. Which Apostle told Christ he had left all to follow him ? 

14. Which of the Apostles first suffered martyrdom ? 

15. Wherein the Bible is St. Paul first mentioned? 



50 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

16. Which of the Apostles cut off the right ear of a man 
with a swoid, and what was his name ? [Philip. 

17. What are the only two recorded acts of the Apostle 

18. What city claims the birth-place of St. Paul ? 

19. To what religious sect did St. Paul belong? 

20. Of w4iom and by whom was it said they were neither 
cold or hot spiritually ? 

21. In what one point did Christ as man differ from man- 
kind in general ? 

22. What was our Saviour's last command to his disciples ? 

23. Of whom was it said he was mighty in the Scriptures ? 

24. Who said if all the things which Jesus did were recorded 
the world itself could not contain the books that would be writ- 
ten ? 

25. What test of discipleship did Jesus give ? 

26. What words of Moses are quoted in the New Testament 
which are not found in the Old ? 

27. On what two occasions was the displeasure of Jesus 
excited. [death } 

28. What intimation was given to Peter of the manner of his 

29. What was the parting promise of our Saviour to his dis- 
ciples ? 

30. Who being overcome with sleep during a sermon, and fell 
out of a third story window, was taken up for dead ? 

31. Who was called a ringleader ? 

32. Who read the writings of a prophet w^hile riding in a 
chariot ? 

33. What prophet bound his feet and hands with a girdle ? 

34. What woman continued in prayer day and night in the 
temple ? 

35. Who is called the light of the w^orld? 

36. What was SauFs errand to Damascus w^hen arrested and 
converted 1 

37. What was the Apostle Paul's first prayer? 

38. Who did the Lord send to restore sight to Paul ? 

39. To what converts does St. Paul refer as the " s?al of his 

« 

apostleship ? " 



NEW TESTAMENT PERSONS. 51 

40. Of whom was said their zeal was witliout knowledge? 

41. What scripture examples have we of Christian zeal being 
attributed to madness ? 

42. Who was St. Paul's teacher? 

43. How many years subsequent to the event did Christ say 
^' Kemember Lots wife " ? 

44. What great honor was conferred upon Mary Magdalene 
by our Saviour after his resurrection ? 

45. To whom did our Saviour appear the second time after 
his resurrection ? 

46. To whom did our Saviour appear the third time after 
his resurrection ? 

47. When and where, by whom and to whom w^as the com- 
mand given, " Go to all the world and preach the gospel? '^ 

48. Who was the only person, according to the sacred record, 
that raised a voice against the mock trial and crucifixion of our 
Saviour ? 

49. Who is mentioned as coming to Jesus by night? 

50. Who was compelled to bear the cross of Christ to the 
place of crucifixion ? 

51. How many and w^hat are the recorded ex[ressions of our 
Caviour on the cross ? • 

52. At the trial of our Saviour u; on the charge of treason 
and sedition, w^iat was the first question asked him ? 

53. What three Apostles were regarded by St. Paul as pillars 
in the church ? 

51. By whom are we told to search the Scriptures ? 

55. Who wrote the last book in the Bible? 

56. With whom did our Saviour spend his last Sabbath? 

57. Whose sermon was adorned with poetical quotations ? 

58. Who was commanded by an angel to biiid on his 
sandal ? 

59 . On what occasion and where were St. Paul and Barnabas 
taken for gods ? 

60. The name of what heathen god was applied to St. Paul, 
by whom, and wdiy ? 

61. The name of wdiat heathen god was api^lied to Barnabas ? 



52 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

62. What Athenian judge was converted under PauFs 
preaching? 

63. What New Testament character forsook Christ for the 
love of the world ? 

64. Who ^aid ^' At the name of Jesus every knee should bow ? " 

65. What Christian was commended by the Apostles for hos- 
pitality ? 

66. Who will be the guests at the marriage supper of the 
lamb ? 

67. Who was Diotrephes, and what was his character? 

68. Who predicted the famine in the days of Claudius Caesar ? 

69. Whom did a high priest command to be smitten on ths 
mouth ? 

70. Who had a coat woven without seam ? 

71 . On the foundation of the walls of what city are the names 
of the twelve Apostles written ? 

72. Who escaped arrest by being let down from the walls 
of a city in a basket ? 

73. What was St. Paul's occupation ? 

74. What Athenian woman is mentioned as being converted 
under Paul's preaching ? 

75. Who on one occasion kept back part of what they had de- 
voted to the cause of God ? 

76. Sick persons were once placed where the shadow of a 
good man might pass over them. Why was this done ? AVho 
was the man? 

77. Who had power divine to handle serpents unharmed ? 

78. Whose face in preaching shone like an angel ? 

79. How many instances have we of Christ raising t?ie dead 
to life ? *^ 

80. How many instances have we of the Apostles raising the 
dead to life ? 

81. W^hat instance is recorded of the dead being raised to 
life without the interposition of the Prophets, Christ or the 

Apostles ? 

82. How long did St. Paul live in his own hired house at 
Rome ? 



NEW TESTAMENT PERSONS. 53 

83. Whose life was endangered by a conspiracy of 40 men ? 

84. Who took Judas' place among the twelve ? 

85. The Apostle James suifered martyrdom. How? By 
whom ? 

86. Who came to prove Solomon with hard questions ? 

87. What member of the primitive church tried the patience 
of even the loving disciple ? 

88. Who, when cruelly put to death, prayed like his Lord for 
his murderers ? 

89. On what two occasions did the Lord Jesus receive the 
assistance of angels ? 

90. Li which of the Gospels is the mission of the seventy 
alone recorded ? 

91. Who charged the Gentiles as being a " foolish nation ? '' 

92. To what country did Trophimus (one of St. Paul's mis- 
sionary companions) belong ? 

93. By whose order was the Apostle James martyred ? 

94. What three portions of the Holy Scriptures did the 
Saviour say contained predictions concerning himself ? 

95. On what three occasions is mention made of Xicode- 
mus ? 

96. What Levite sold his land and laid its price at the Apos- 
tle's feet? 

97. How many times did the Lord Jesus cleanse the Temple ? 

98. Li which of our Lord's miracles is reference made to the 
custom of employing professional mourners ? 

99. Prove St. James' assertion (Jani'^s ii. 9) '' The devils 
also believe " in the Sa^^our's divinity. 

100. Before how many tribunals was the Saviour brought 
after his apprehension ? 

101. Who was called Mercurius, by whom, and why? 

102. Who called Jesus '' the shepherd and bishop of our 
souls? " 

103. To whom did St. Paul write " prepare me also a lodg- 
ing?'' 

104. What was the cause of the quarrel between Paul and 
Barnabas ? 



54 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

105. How many times is it recorded, and by whom used, 
the words " Be not weary in well doing? " 

106. The words "Jesus Christ " are placed together once 
only in the Gospels. Where ? 

107. Show both from the Old and Xew Testaments that the 
custom of celebrating birthdays is a very ancient one. 

108. Quote the precise words of the Saviour when for tlie 
first time he was smitten in the face. 

109. By whom is ISToah mentioned as a preacher of right- 
eousness ? 

110. Who was the wife of Felix, the Governor of Cgesarea? 

111. Why was Zacharias, the father of St. John the baptist, 
struck dumb ? 

112. What prophet, in the New Testament, foretells a 
famine which afterwards occurred in the days of Claudius 
Caesar ? 

113. What does St. Paul say was a stumbling block to the 
Jews ? 

114. To what king did our Lord refer when he said " Go ye 
and tell that fox ?'^ 

115. Where does St. Paul tell us how to know his epistles? 

116. Quote a passage in which St. Paul says he was hindered 
in his work by Satan. 

117. On what occasion did St. Paul conform to the Jewish 
ceremonial law in order to conciliate the Jewish converts V 

118. Which of St. Paul's fellow workers does he say "was 
sick unto death ? " 

119. What apostle is it speaks of journeying into Spain? 

120. What la^vyer is mentioned as being one of St. Paul's 
workers ? 

121. Who was the chief man in the island of Melita, where 
St. Paul was shipwrecked ? 

122. Upon what occasion did our Lord check the undue 
curiosity of one of his disciples ? 

123. What epistle does St. Paul state he wrote with his own 
hand? 

121. Who are mentioned by St. Paul as his kinsmen? 



NEW TESTAMENT PERSONS. ;>:> 

115. Which was the last appearance of the Virgin MaryV 

126. Why did Christ so forcibly press his personal identity 
on his disciples after his resurrection ? 

127. What two distinct promises did our Saviour make his 
disciples when about to leave them ? 

128. How often does St. Paul quote heathen writers, and who 
are they ? 

129. Where is our Lord's first recorded act of intercession ? 

130. What three persons (not including our Saviour) are 
called Jesus ? 

131. Give an instance from the Bible of each of the follow- 
ing characters : — 

(1) Those who believe in eternity and live for it. 

(2) Those who believe in the world and live for it. 

(3) Those who believe in eternity but live for the world. 

132. Who were certain men who perceived the power of 
God, and attained to exercise it independent of his grace, and 
suffered for their presumption ? 

133. What prophet used the girdle of another when foretell- 
ing his death ? 

134. What king's son was lamed by falling from his nurse's 
arms ? 

135. An Ephesian Christian who accompanied St. Paul to 
Jerusalem. 

136. Quote the first and last words of our Saviour while on 
earth. 

137. Of whom did our Saviour say " I will make you fishers 
of men?" 

138. Who is it called Jesus ^' the shepherd and bishop of 
souls?" 

139. To whom does St. Paul write " Prepare me also a 
lodging ? " 

140. Where do we find our Lord's answer to a question by 
asking another ? 

141. What man, in the days of the Apostles, tried to usurp 
such pre-eminence in the church as to cast out those with whom 
he disagreed ? 



56 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

142. Who was reigning in Judah when Joseph returned 
from Eg3^pt with the infant Jesus V 

143. Give an instance, in the New Testament, where a man 
was dependent for his recovery upon human help and sympathy. 

144. Define the individual creeds of the Pharisees and Sad- 
ducees, as they are in the words of Scripture. 

145. What text proves that our Lord on earth had body, 
" soul and spirit ? " 

146. How many times is it recorded of our Saviour as 
standing on the right hand of God, and how many times as 
seated V 

147. Give instances to prove that our Lord's body, after his 
resurrection, though material, was endowed with other powers 
than it exercised before. 

148. Give in one phrase Peter's description of the world 
since sin came into it. 

149. In seven w^ords give a ver}^ beautiful speech made by a 
woman to servants respecting Christ. 

150. What does "the divine" Apostle style those who 
would not let themselves be illuminated ? 

151. Li one verse Christ is spoken of as a successor and de- 
clared to be a predecessor. 

152. Which of the sacred writers debars a heretic from the 
house and home of a believer ? 

153. Name the person introduced by our Lord to three 
Apostles. 

154. Describe in four words a journey every Christian has 
accomplished. 

155. The inhabitants of heaven and the heavens, are called 
upon to rejoice ; on what occasion ? 

156. What true and distinguished preacher lost himself en- 
tirel}^ in the substance of his message ? 

157. Name one who saw a sight, whereof he was to testify 
on earth for one short moment and then enter upon its full and 
eternal contemplation. 

158. Quote a verse in which the name of Jehovah is para- 
phrased. 



CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 57 

159. Give a solemn declaration made by om- Saviour to one 
who led a wicked life mider a false reputation of piety. 

160. We have in Scripture a very short history of two men, 
which shows the great difference between dying in sin, and 
dying because of sin ; both died because of their sins, but only 
one in his sins ; — who w^ere the men ? 

161. What emperor banished all Jews from Rome ? 

162. Who went up to Kome to carry contributions to Paul 
while he was a prisoner there, and carried back with him the 
epistle to the Philippians ? 

163. Who w^as captain of the guard while Paul was taken 
prisoner to Rome ? 

164. Who shook his raiment, and to whom did he say ^' your 
blood be on your own heads " ? 

165. What test does the Apostle John give by which we 
may know^ the children of God ? 

166. On what three occasions are we expressly told that Jesus 
wept ? 

167. Prove from the Bible that devils have faith. 

168. What converts did St. Paul baptize at Corinth ? 

169. By what expression did the Virgin Mary acknowledge 
herseK a sinner ? 

170. Who requested that her two sons might sit one on the 
right and one on the left of our Saviour in the kingdom of 
Heaven ? 

171. What young preacher on the occasion of his first sermon 
witnessed the largest number of conversions on record ? 

172. Our Saviour in four words, and in three words, gives a 
most awful description of what city ? 

173. When did two hundred and seventy-six distressed 
persons, before day-break, partake of a joyful meal.^* 

174. What singular expression does the Apostle Paul on 
one occasion employ when speaking of food ? 

175. On what occasion did our Lord command those who 
loved him to mourn ? 



OLD TESTAMENT CURIOSITIES 



PERTAINING TO 



places au^ Cocalitka. 

[Answers page 41.] 

1. What is the name of the city to which Lot escaped at the 
destruction of Sodom ? 

2. Where was the voice of God first heard by human ear ? 

3. In what city was a forty-day fast proclaimed ? 

4. What is ilhistrated by a dish wiped and turned up side 
down ? 

5. What Bible city w^as known as the city of pahn trees ? 

6. Where was Kachel buried? • 

7. What city was destroyed and never again inhabitecf, ac- 
cording to prophecy V 

8. Where, in Scripture language, is the land of Canaan lo- 
cated ? 

9. Where is it recorded that the Jews w^ere to be God's 
chosen people forever ? 

10. Where in the Bible is the only reference to ferry-boat 
mentioned ? 

11. At w^iat seaport towm were assembled the largest navy 
of Bible times ? 

12. What city was saved from massacre by the strategy of its 
people ? 

13. In w^hat city, and w^hen does the Bible say that gold and 
silver were as plentiful as stones ? 

14. What city, for its beauty, was once known as " the 
glory of kingdoms ? " 



e2 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

15. At what place did King David eat the shew-bread ? 

16. Upon what mountain was Israel cursed for disobedi- 
ence ? 

17. What is the oldest city in the world ? 

18. On what mountain was King Josiah slain in battle ? 

19. On w^hat mountain did a king command a w^hole nation 
to be gathered ? 

20. What cave was the hiding-place of five kings ? 

21. W^hat battle w^as fought on Mount Tabor? 

22. Where can the prophetical account be found of the mode 
in which Babylon w^as taken by the Medes and Persians ? 

23. What reward does the Bible promise a man diligent in 
business ? 

24. What wild beast was employed by God to punish a dis- 
obedient servant ? 

25. What birds were used in sacrifice ? 

26. Prove from the Scriptures that confession of sin to God 
is a duty. 

27. Prove from Scriptures that afflictions sent to the people 
of God are a mark of their heavenly Father's love. 

28. How^ many instances can be found in the Bible when a 
blessing was granted to a number of individuals on account of 
the presence among them of one man of God ? 

29. What birds are referred to in Scripture as birds of pas- 
sage ? 

30. What is a nation's glory ? 

31. What bird was employed to convey a token of peace to 
a servant of God ? 

22. Where is the promise recorded that the children of Israel 
(Jews) should possess the land of Canaan ? 

33. The inhabitants of w4iat four cities w^ere reduced to per- 
petual bondage by the order of a victorious General ? 

34. What city was taken by strategem and burned, with 
12,000 women and children V 

35. On what mountain was Solomon's temple built ? 

36. Who built Nineveh ? 

37. What is the origin and meaning of the word Mizpah ? 



PLACES AND LOCALITIES. G^ 

38. On what condition could Sodom have been saved from 
destruction ? 

39. How many, and what were the cities known as the cities 
of refuge V 

40. At what ao'e were the Levites no lonsrer allowed to work 
in the Tabernacle ? 

41. What stone, according to the Scriptures, heard all the 
words of the Lord which he spoke unto the people ? 

42. At the destruction of what city were " all her great men 
bound in chains? " 

43. At what place was the last revelation of God to Abra- 
ham ? 

44. What celebrated edifice was erected on the spot which 
was the scene of the greatest instance of human obedience ? 

45. Where w^ere 10,000 people cast down from a precipice 
and killed ? 

46. What inheritance had the children of Caleb V 

47. What conquered city became a field of salt ? 

48. Where, at the touch of a staif, fire rose out of a rock and 
consumed a feast ? 

49. What thirty neighboring cities were ruled over by thirty 
brothers ? 

50. The Mount of Olives, now so blessedly associated with so 
many epochs in the life of our Lord, had once a very evil name 
— w^hat was it ? 

5L What two prophecies refer to the taking of Jerusalem 
by the Romans ? 

52. How many cities were given to the Levites for their use ? 

53. By whom was eJericho rebuilt, and what prophecy was 
then fulfilled ? 

54. Why was Zion (Jerusalem) called the City of David ? 

55. What mountain was purchased by a King of Israel, upon 
which he built a city ? 

56. On what mountain was a blessing for obedience prom- 
ised upon the children of Israel ? 

57. On what mountain was curses pronounced upon the 
children of Israel ? 



64 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

58. On what mountain did a King of Israel commit suicide ? 

59. How many cities, with their kings and inhabitants, were 
destroyed by an invading army ot Israel t 

60. What Bible city suffered the horrors of a famine by a 
besieging army ? 

61. Why was the ancient city of Luz changed to Bethel, 
and subsequently to Bethaven 1 

62. On what occasion w^as a firmly fortified place taken by a 
mere ceremony ? 

63. What place of eminent sacredness in Jewish history, 
and what prophet, in five words, sadly and solomnly predicted 
its ruin ? 



NEW TESTAMENT CURIOSITIES 



PEBTAIXING TO 



places anb Cocalitics. 

[Answers page 47.] 

1. What remarkable event took place at Atad? 

2. What was the first name given to the country of the Grer- 
gesenes ? 

3. What place is said to have been a Sabbath day's journey 
from Jerusalem ? 

4. Where did the Apostle dwell of whom our Lord stated 
that he was an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile? 

5. Our Saviour bade his disciples shake the dust off their 
feet against those cities who ref ased to receive them. Where 
did they do this ? 

6. Ill what town did our Lord spend his last Sabbath? 

7. What mountain was Christ's abode by night? 

8. On what island was a ship ran aground for safety ? 

9. Where did the Apostles hold their first missionary meet- 
ing? 

10. At what place was St. Paul stoned? 

11. At what place was Elymas struck blind? 

12. What w^as the prophet Jonah's native town? 

13. What city was exalted to heaven yet brought to de- 
struction ? 

14. Where was it said and of whom, "they have turned 
the world upside down 1 '' 



68 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

15. What was the riiling nation of the world in the time of 
Christ ? 

16. What city was popularly supposed to produce nothing 
good ? 

17. Where was an altar erected •' to the unknown God ? *' 



OLD TESTAMENT CURIOSITIES 

PERTAINING TO 

[Answei*s page 51. J 

1. With what was the Garden of Eden guarded to prevent 
the return of our first parents? 

2. Upon what did God pronounce the first curse? 
o. Of what wood was Xoah's Ark made? 

4. What news did the first carrier pigeon bring? 

5. What presents did Jacob send into Egypt? 

6. Of what wood was the Ark of the Covenant? 

7. W^hat is the whole duty of man, according to the Scrip- 
tures? 

8. What is harder to be won than a strong city ? 

9. W^hat is good news from a far country like? 

10. With what was the sin of Judah written? 

11. Upon what were epistles and documents written in 
Bible times? 

12. What is the meaning of the word Ichabod. By whom 
and to whom was it applied ? 

13. In what book of the Bible does the name of God nowhere 
occur? 

14. On what four occasions were savage beasts employed as 
instruments of God's anger? 

15. What price was paid for horses by the King of Israel? 

16. How long was the temple building, ana in what year 
was it commenced? 

17. What was Elijah's dying gift to Elisha? 



72 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

18. How did God manifest his presence at the dedication of 
the temple ? 

19. How many instances are there on Bible record of rain 
being sent in answer to prayer? 

20. Where is it recorded that rain was prevented in answer 
to prayer? 

21. How were the children of Israel guided in their forty 
years' wanderings in the wilderness? 

22. Of what did the first wedding present consist? 

23. What miracle led to the dispersion of mankind over all 
the world ? 

24. What men refused to give bread to fainting soldiers ? 

25. What army fled in confusion when none pursued? 

26. What is the Bible list of a lady's wardrobe ? 

27. What article of clothing was the token of a father's 
partiality ? 

28. What garment w^as hid in a rock on the bank of a river? 

29. What departing nation borrowed garments of their 
enemies ? 

30. What kind of trees w^ere the Israelites forbidden to cut 
down for use in a siege, and why ? 

31. What was the last of the ten plagues of Egypt? 

32. What warnings do the Scriptures give to avoid bad com- 
pany? 

33. How many camels had Job ? 

34. What is the Bible inventory of the Christian's treasure? 

35. HoAv many instances are recorded in the Bible of em- 
balming the dead ? 

36. What does the Old Testament mention as being sanc- 
tified ? 

37. For what three things was Bash an renowned ? 

38. The temple tax, according to Exodus xxx. 13, was half 
a shekel, what was the amount after the captivity? 

39. What was the origin of the fire with which the Jews 
offered their burnt offerings ? 

40. What Old Testament example have we of miraculous 
darkness ? 



OLD TESTAMENT THINGS. 73 

41. Where, in Scri})ture language, do we find a beautiful 
description of spring time ? 

42. Prove from Scripture the sin and folly of leaning on 
human help in time of trouble. 

43. How many instances are recorded that sailors called 
upon God to avert a storm ? 

44. Where in the Bible do we find God's promises to supply 
the temporal wants of his people ? 

45. On what occasion were messengers despatched in vessels 
made of bulrushes ? 

46. How were the vast number of presents conveyed to King 
Solomon ? 

47. What was the value of gold presented to Solomon in one 
year ? 

48. What was the special avocation of the Gibeonites ? 

49. How was a miracle once wrought to recover a borrowed 
axe? 

50. What words were once spoken to man by a beast of 
burden ? 

51. What King was killed by his own sons ? 

52. By whom were two sticks miraculously united and be- 
came one ? 

53. What is the year of Jubilee mentioned in the Bible ? 

54. What was the punishment threatened the man who 
should rebuild Jericho ? 

55. Prove from the Bible that God alone (and not priests) 
can forgive sin. 

5Q. When did curiosity of the eye, through the mercy of 
God, lead to the belief of the heart ? 

57. How was the timber used in building Solomon's Temple 
conveved to Jerusalem ? 

58. Where in the Scripture do we find the grandeur of a 
thunder storm depicted ? 

59. What two miracles were wrought upon the sun ? 

60. What instances have we in the New Testament of afflic- 
tion being the cause of joy to the believer in Christ? . 

61 . What Scripture examples can you give of choosing by lot ? 

4 



74 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

62. How many examples does the Old Testament give of 
weak things being employed to confound the mighty ? 

63. What does the Bible declare to be the whole duty of man ? 
G4. What is called in the Bible the " royal law ? " 

65. In what instance did God send rain as a sign of his dis- 
pleasure against Israel ? 

QQ. What does the Bible say is better than precious oint- 
ment ? 

67. What is it which makes its possessor truly rich ? 

68. What is a greater conquest than taking of a city V 

69. What was found in the Ark of the Covenant when first 
brought into the temple ? 

70. How many times has it been noticed that the Sabbatli 
has been impressed on the observance of man ? 

71. What was the divinely appointed punishment for blas- 
phemy ? 

72. Can there be found in God's Word a promise to the 
wicked ? 

73. How many witnesses were required among the Jews to 
establish a charge ? 

74. How many Old Testament prophesies are there of the 
time w hen Christ should appear ? 

75. What are angels, and how are they employed? 

76. What one verse refers to the source, flow, and return of 
rivers ? 

77. Where is it recorded that a whole army was smitten 
with blindness ? 

78. During what famine did women eat their own chil- 
dren ? 

79. How many Israelites were slain in the battle of Ebene- 
zer, when the Ark of the Lord was won by the Philistines ? 

80. How many Sirian horsemen fell in battle with David ? 

81. How many Ephraimites were slain in battle w^ith the 
Gileadites ? 

82. How many children of Israel fell victims to a x^higue 
in consequence of having joined themselves in idolatry to Baal- 
peor ? 



• OLD TESTAMENT THINGS. 75 

83. David in vain glory numbered the people, and for a 
punishment what did he choose, and what was the consequence ? 

84. How many idolatrous worshippers of the golden calf 
were slain by order of Moses ? 

85. How many men and women were killed in the fall of 
the building that was pulled down by Samson ? 

86. How many lords of the land were entertained at the 
feast of Belshazzar ? 

87. How many Philistines did Samson slay with a jaw bone? 

88. How many out of each tribe did Moses send to war 
against the Midianites ? 

89. During the siege and famine of Samaria what price was 
paid for the head of an ass ? 

90. When and where was meal used as an antidote for 
poison V 

91. To what does the Bible liken the laughter of a fool ? 

92. Of what was the tabernacle made ? 

93. How many and what were the coverings of the taber- 
nacle V 

94. On what occasion did God employ birds as messengers 
of mercy ? 

95. What did the ^^ Holy of holies " in the Temple contain? 

96. For what purpose was a great collection taken up in 
Judah and Jerusalem by or3er of the king ? 

97 . How was the Ark of the Lord brought from the Philis- 
tines when it was returned to Israel ? 

98. How many comprised the total number of the great 
draught of fishes ? 

99. What was the weight of Absalom's annual growth of 
hair ? 

100. What was the length of Noah's Ark ? 

101. How many chariots were kept by Jabin, King of 
Canaan? 

102. How many singers Avere in the grand jubilee of the 
Temple ? 

103. How many stalls were required for the accommodation 
of Solomon's horses ? 



76 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

104. How many horsemen did Solomon have ? 

105. How many Egyptian chariots of war in their pursuit of 
the Israelites were lost in the Red Sea ? 

106. Quote a passage from which it would appear that in 
olden time beacons were used on the tops of hills as signals or 
land marks. 

107. Where is an unfaithful friend said to be like ** a 
broken tooth and a foot out of joint ? " 

108. What funeral was suddenly interrupted by an armed 
band, and with what result ? 

109. Upon what did the manna fall ? 

110. It may truly be said that during the forty years jour- 
neying through the wilderness the children of Israel were each 
one a perpetual miracle — how so V 

111. Give Bible proof that God observes the acts of chil- 
dren. 

112. In what passage of Scripture do we read of wise ladies? 

113. Where in prophetic Scripture do we read of parlors ? 

114. What is the recorded occasion upon which the terror of 
God was exercised on behalf of his chosen people ? 

115. Where in the Old Testament is mention made of an 
iron bedstead being used, and by whom ? 

116. What two cities are mentioned as having been de- 
stroyed with Sodom and Gomorrah ? 

117. Where has mention been made of land producing a 
hundred-fold in one year ? 

118. What was the law among the Jews as to the pledging 
of raiment ? 

119. After what great battle was it that the men of Judah 
were three days in carrying the spoil of their enemies ? 

120. What was the name given by King Hezekiah to the 
brazen serpent which Moses had made for the children of Israel 
in the wilderness ? 

121. What happened to the Syrians whom the king sent to 
occupy Samaria ? 

122. Where in the Bible is the constellation Orion mentioned 
besides the book of Job ? 



OLD TESTAMENT THINGS. 77 

123. How were the Epliraimites on one occasion known from 
the people of the other tribes ? 

124:. What was the present sent to Saul, King of Israel, by- 
Jesse the Bethlemite ? 

125. What was the sum paid yearly to the King of Israel by 
Mesta, King of Moab ? 

126. What prophecy was fulfilled the day after it was ut- 
tered ? 

127. The Jordan was miraculously crossed on three occasions 
— name them ? 

128. Mention a tree that was named from the circumstances 
connected with it ? 

129. Where is the promise that human life shall be prolonged 
at the millennium as before the flood ? 

130. Where is the only instance recorded in Scripture of the 
marriage of a foreign slave to his master's daughter? Men- 
tion it. 

131. What two things are said to have happened by chance, 
one an act of destruction and the other resulting in neglect ? 

132. The water trickles into the pool of Siloam so softly 
that it cannot be heard, travellers have remarked. What 
Scripture does this confirm ? 

133. What command was given by God to the children of 
Israel to the make of their garments , and why ?' 

134. Where is the passage found in which the Angels are 
said to be fellow- servants with mankind ? 

135. Where is the growth of nettles mentioned as a mark of 
desolation ? 

136. What biscuit of modern use is mentioned in the Bible ? 

137. Give an instance of the avowed foreknowledge of God 
of events which would come to pass under certain circumstances, 
but which never did come to pass because these circumstances 
did not come to pass. 

138. Quote a passage from which it appears that the prophets 
did not always understand the meanings of the visions they 
saw. 

139. Mention a quotation in the New Testament where the 



78 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

exact place in the Old Testament from which it is taken is 
given ? 

140. What sin does the prophet Isaiah say was the cause of 
the destruction of Moab ? 

141. What battle lasted seven days, and with what result? 

142. What was the origin of the two days of Purini, kept 
as days of feasting and joy by the Jews ? 

143. What was to have been the sum of money paid by 
Ilaman for the destruction of the Jews. 

144. What people are stated to have been most clever in 
ancient times in cutting down timber ? 

145. What sin is mentioned as having caused the destruc- 
tion of Tyre ? [Syrian ? 

146. What present was given to Gehazi by Naaman the 

147. How many lepers are mentioned as being outside the gate 
of Samaria, and who gave warning of the flight of the Syrians ? 

148. From what two hills were the blessings and cursings 
pronounced upon the children of Israel ; and what tribes took 
part in each ? 

149. What tw^o diseases did God especially threaten to 
bring upon his people for their neglect of his commandments ? 

150. What was the punishment inflicted by God's command 
upon a man who had broken the Sabbath ? 

151. What other inhabitants of Canaan were giants besides 
the Anakims ? 

152. AVhat two animals may be eaten for the Passover ? 

153. What miracle did God work to enable a widow to pay 
her debts ? 

154. What country was that in which the king bought all 
the land from his people and then sent them about as slaves ? 
Quote passage. 

155. By what name is the Mount of Olives called in the 
Book of Kings ? 

156. Where do we find an account of an army being sent to 
take one man ? 

157. Why were not the Jews permitted to sell their land for 
more than a certain number of vears ? 



OLD TESTAMENT THINGS. 79 

158. What was tlie only condition upon wliicli Nahash, the 
Ammonite, would make peace with the people of Jobest-Gilead ? 

159. What great work was undertaken by King Hezekiah in 
order to provide a more abundant supply of water for the city 
of Jerusalem ? 

160. Where, in the Bible, is it stated that the ostrich lays 
her eggs in the sand to be hatched by the heat thereof? 

161. How many of the strangers in the land of Israel were 
sent to assist the servants of the King of Tyre in cutting down 
the cedar wood of Lebanon ? [power of speech. 

162. Give the occasion on which man first exercised the 

163. Upon w4iat day in the week were the two greatest acts 
of divine power that affected man accomplished ? 

164. What sacred relic divinely appointed, and by wdiich 
miracles w^ere worked, was destroyed by a good king years sub- 
sequently ? 

165. Moses is made on two occasions an offer which would% 
raise him to honors and destroy the Israelites — name them V 

166. God W'hen sending Moses to Pharaoh gave him power 
to perform miracles — mention them in order ? 

167. What verse in the Bible gives us David's age ? 

168. ]\[ention a dinner in which the shoulder was given as a 
mark of highest respect — w^hy and to whom ? 

169. AVhat three privileges were attached to the first-born 
of the family ? 

170. What is the meaning of Jehovah's hammah ? 

171. At what part of the dedication service was it that the 
cloud filled the temple ? 

172. How did it come to pass that there was the sound of 
no hammer or tool of iron heard in the building of Solomon's 
Temple ? 

173. Give a text from the Old Testament which contains a 
reason w^hy " we should fear those w^ho kill the body." 

174. AVhat does the Scripture say surpasses in greatness the 
hero who conquers his enemies ? 

175. Of what are the looking-glasses made that are m:Mi- 
tioned in the Scriptures ? 



80 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

176. Where, in the Old Testament, are we told that God 
gave instruction for the concealment of certain things? 

177. Where are we told in one verse not to do a thing and 
in the next to do it ? 

178. What was created and destroyed in one night ? 

179. How was the cedar used in the building of Solomon's 
temple conveyed from Lebanon to Jerusalem ? 

180. Where is the only mention made of churning butter in 
the Scriptures ? 

18<L. Where are we told, in the Bible, tliat there was joy in 
lieaven at the creation of the world? 

182. Show that to die childless was regarded by t!ie Jews as 
a very bitter calamity. 

183. What was the origin of the fire with whicli the Jews 
offered their burnt offerings ? IN'ame two individuals who lost 
their lives for using " strange " fire? 

■ 184. Where in the Bible is it recorded that fever and ague 
were inflicted as punishments? 

185. What is the Bible remedy for boils, and what king 
made use of it? 

186. Where in the Bible is death by sunstroke recorded ? 

187. Where is the prophecy recorded that the Jews will one 
day repent the death of the Messiah ? 

188. Where do we find the rending of a garment was the 
prophecy of the downfall of a king ? 

189. What three remarkable predictions are recorded in the 
last chapter of the Old Testament? 

190. What chapter of the Bible is remarkable for its beauti- 
ful description of natural history? 

191. What instrument of healing became an occasion of sin? 

192. What petition occurs seven times in one of the Psalm? 

193. From the book of Ezekiel give a promise clearly show- 
ing t'.iat that which is a misfortune to individuals is a benefit to 
the church. 

194. What sentence composed of three words appears no less 
tlian 25 times in one book of the Bible, and forms the chief 
thought in it? 



OLD TESTAMENT THINGS, gl 

195. Where is it distinctly predicted that no one s' all obtain 
strength by or in sin ? 

196. On what occasion did God forbid all funeral pomps and 
expression ? 

197. What was the most ancient art of sinful mankind? 

198. Where do we read of gods who are less than tlie man 
who fashions them ? 

199. Where do we read tliat fifty men set out in all direc- 
tions to seek a corpse ? 

200. Describe in three words the power of love. 

^ 201. Where is the fact recorded of a ransom being paid for 
373 persons? 

202. Where is it foretold that the Lord would take away as 
plunder the whole toilet of the women of Jerusalem? 

203. Where is sin personified as a wild beast lurking at the 
door of the human heart ? 

201 Quote two verses that give the Bible description of the 
philosopher. 

205. Give the words in which the removal of unclean clothes is 
spoken of as a sign of t!ie forgiveness of sin. 

206. Quote the exact words of the oldest letter recorded in 
t\e Scriptures. 

207. Prove from the Scriptures that it was contrary to the 
Mosaic Law for a Levite to possess land. 

208. Upon what people was consumption threatened as a 
punishment for sin ? 

209. When was the rending of a new garment tvpical of 
the division of a kingdom? 

210. From whom were the Jews forbidden to take garments 
in pawn ? 

211. When did a weapon of destruction become a fountain 
of refreshment? 

212. What three mournful events took place in a gar- 
den? 

213. Wliat prophecy was uttered more than 3000 years ago, 
and is now being fulfiHoJ? 

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82 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

214. Where can be found copies of two letters written to 
kings ? Who wrote them ? 

215. What is the most appropriate Psalm to be read dming 
a thunder shower? 

216. The first nine words of what Psalm did our Saviour 
repeat when on the cross ? 

217. How did God signify his displeasure when the Jews 
asked for a king ? 

218. Prove that marking the boundaries of land by stones or 
monuments is a very ancient custom. 

219. When did God prove himself God of the plain as well 
as God of the mountain V 

220. What fruit is recorded in the Bible as growing on a 
tree without root or branch ? 



NEW TESTAMENT CURIOSITIES 

PERTAIXIXG TO 

[Answers page 65.] 

1. How can the Bible be called the word of God when it was 
written by men ? 

2. Which of the early Christian churches set the brightest 
example of liberality ? 

3. What was the text of our Saviour's first sermon ? 

4. Prove from the Bible the authorship, of the Acts of the 
Aj^ostles. 

5. Prove from the Old Testament that Jesus shares his peo- 
ple's sorrows. 

6. What does the Bible tell us to contend earnestly for ? 

7. What are we told in the Scriptures to covet ? 

8. In what way does Christ say we may know the truth of 
his doctrine ? 

9. What is the unpardonable sin ? 

10. Where were the first disciples of Christ first called 
Christians ? 

11. Prove from the Scripture that God cares for and pro- 
vides for His children. 

12. Prove from Scripture that God protects His children. 

13. Prove from Scripture that God hears the cry of His 
children. 

14. Prove from Scripture that God corrects his children in 
lo*7e. 

15. For what were the Bereans commended ? 



86 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

16. Where is the Word of God called a sword, and why? 

17. Where is the Word of God called a mirror, and why ? 

18. Where is the Word of God called a well of water, and 
why? 

19. Where is the Word of God called milk, and why ? 

20. Where will the great feast of the marriage supper of the 
Lamb be spread ? 

21. Which of our Lord's miracles were miracles of creation? 

22. What New Testament instances have we of miraculous 
light? 

23. Prove from the Bible the necessity of the new birth. 

24. How many Old Testament examples have we of God 
sending sleep on individuals or people ? 

25. What remarkable event was announced by shepherds ? 

26. What five things are we commanded in the Bible to hold 
fast? 

27. What was the contents of the Ark of the Covenant ? 

28. What is the Bible ornament of a Christian woman? 

29. What one word in Scripture is said to contain the whole 
law? 

30. Prove from Scripture that it is the duty of a Church to 
support its ministers. 

31. Where is the Word of God compared to a looking-glass? 

32. Give a Scripture example of religious convictions being 
stifled. 

33. What governor of Damascus endeavored to take St. 
Paul and make him a prisoner ? [rain? 

34. What is mentioned in the Gospel as signs of the coming 

35. By w^hom were the Pharisees and Sadducees called a 
generation of vipers ? 

36. What was the value of the books burned at Ephesus 
by those who dwelt in familiar spirits and used " curious arts ? ** 

36. Where is it mentioned that the earth is God's foot- 
stool ? 

38. Which of Christ's miracles were miracles of creation ? 

39. Mention a passage in the New Testament where it states 
that every kind of beast and serpent is capable of being tamed. 



NEW TESTA MEN I' THINGS. 87 

40. Where in the New Testament is it stated that a thous- 
and years in God's sight is as one day? 

41. Which one of our Lord's miracles was worked by the 
utterance of one word ? 

42. Give the text in which our Lord himself distinguishes 
between His divine and human sonship. 

43. An unexampled sorrow betokened by a word used only 
once in the I^ew Testament, name the passage. 

44. Prove that even in the presence of the Lord Jesus, sal- 
vation was voluntary? 

45. Quote a chapter from Isaiah in which division of the 
fourfold office of Christ is enumerated. 

46. How is it proved that there were more than one hundred 
and twenty believers at the time of our Lord's ascension ? 

47. On what occasion were messages brought to this world 
by the Archangel Gabriel? 

48. What three things did the Lord cite as requisite for the 
bringing forth of good fruit? 

49. By what act does a man lose his personal freedom? 

50. What is the only revenge permitted by the Christian 
faith? 

51. State three things Scripture says God cannot do. 

52. In what one verse, do the words of Jesus Christ give a 
complete plan and draught of the [N'ew Testament Ministry? 

53. Which of the prophets represents the deliverance by 
Messiah, and the final victory of God's people over the world 
as a repetition of Israel's passage through the Red Sea? 

54. Where in the Xew Testament is found a passage in 
which Divine mercy is called the highest power in the affairs of 
men? 

55. In one word name a precious pearl, with which no posses- 
sion on earth can bear a comparison. 

56. Where do we find a glorious representation of a truly 
divine ordination to the Christian ministry ? 

57. In three words give the character of Christian hope. 

58. In what respect does the Lord's prayer differ as given by 
St. Matthew and St. Luke? 



8S CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

59. Among those who sold their land and laid its price at 
the Apostles' feet was a Levite ; give his name and show that 
it was contrary to the Mosaic law for a Levite to possess land. 

60. What one w^ord was employed by Christ to designate 
that separation from God which sin involves ? 

61. Give one word used by the Apostle Paul to designate 
those who are living by faith. 

62. Quote three words which denote the whole of the doc- 
trine of Christ, as a commandment to be believed and 
preached. 

63. Prove that the Church of Corinth had not adopted the 
practice of the Church at Jerusalem with regard to a commu- 
nity of goods and one common purse. 

64. On what occasion did God speak in a still small voice? 

65. By what four names are Christians called in the Bible? 

66. What does the Bible compare to a spider's web? 

67. Prove from the Bible that God promises to supply the 
temporal wants of his people. 

68. On what occasion was there such spiritual happiness 
among the people, that wicked men mocked and said they were 
full of new wine? 



BIBLE CURIOSITIES 

PERTAINING TO 

[Answers page 71.] 

1. How long was the infant Moses hid by his mother to es- 
cape the death edict of Pharaoh ? 

2. How many years were the children of Israel oppressed by 
the Midianites ? 

3. How long did the Ark of the Lord remain with the Phil- 
istines after its capture from Israel ? 

4 . How long did Job live after his great troubles ? 

5. How many years warning did God give the people of the 
old world before sending the flood ? 

6. What was the longest drouth recorded in the Bible ? 

7. How long was King Herod building his temple ? 

8. In how many days were the walls of Jerusalem rebuilt ? 

9. How long was Israel oppressed by the Moabites ? 

10. How long did the flood cover the earth? 

11. Why did the children of Israel wander 40 years in the 
wilderness ? 

12. How many Canaanite kings did the children of Israel 
destroy on taking possession of the ]3romised land ? 

13. How many days were the spies in searching the promised 
land ? 

14. How long did the children of Israel journey in the wil> 
demess before they found water ? 

15. How long was Solomon building his house ? 

16. How long w^as Israel oppressed by tlie Ammonites ? 



92 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

17. How long was the Ark of the Lord hid, and where ? 

18. How old was Moses when he demanded of Pharaoh thab 
the children of Isi'ael should go ? 

19. How old was Eli when he fell from his seat and died ? 

20. How long were the children of Israel in Egypt ? 

21. What date in the life of Moses is given in the New Tes- 
tament but not in the Old ? , 

22. How long was Noah in the Ark. 

23. How long did the first plague sent by God upon the 
Egyptians last ? 

24. How long did St. Paul live in his own hired house at 
Rome ? 

25. How long did David reign over Judah alone in Hebron ? 

26. How many years did God provide manna for the chil- 
dren of Israel in the wilderness ? 

27. On what day was the Passover appointed to be kept ? 

28. How long were the children of Israel in captivity ? 

29 . How long was Saul of Tarsus blind when converted ? 

30. How many years was Israel governed by judges ? 

31. How many years did the children of Israel sojourn in 
Egypt? 

32. How old was Joseph when his brethren sold him into 
slavery ? 

33. How long was Noah building the Ark ? 

34. How long time was required to elapse according to the 
law of Moses, before the Israelites might gather the fruit of a 
young tree ? 

35. How long did the Disciples tarry at Jerusalem for the 
baptism of the Holy Ghost ? 

36. How long did Job's friend tarry without saying a word 
when they came to mourn with him ? 



BIBLE PICTURES. 93 



BIBLE PICTURES. 



From the Book of Ruth. 

1. A hostile land a Gentile name describes, 

Apart from Israel's tribes. 

2. Four strangers there, by famine forced to roam, 

Found refuge and a home. 

3. Of Judah's lineage, and of good renown, 

They left their native town. 

4. One of the four was to his burial borne, 

And one was left to mourn. 

5. Tw^o Gentile damsels gave their lieart and hand, 

To join that little band. 

6. Three widowed mourners now our tears engage, 

Alike — but not in age. 

7. Tw^o went their husband's heritage to find, 

But one w^as left behind. 

8. And one, though urged to stay, with fixed intent. 

To that far country went. 

9. AVhen earth again th' abundant harvest yields, 

She goes to glean the fields. 

10. Led by God's providence, she turns her hand 
To glean a kinsman's land. 

11. The lowly sti-anger there her kinsman spied, 

And she became his bride. 

12. The once lone widow, with maternal joy, 
Embraced a darling boy. 

13. And from her darling, crowned wdth manly grace, 

Sprang a right royal race. 



FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS 



OF THE 



C. 



[Key page 75.] 

The common use of many passages of Scripture nia^e it de- 
sirable that all should know from whence they came, and tinder 
what circumstances they were originally written or uttered. 
A few of the more familiar quotations are annexed as an exer- 
cise in '• Searching the Scriptures.'^ 

1. Where will you find the common phrase — To ''make a 
mail an ofiiender for a word ?" 

2. AVhere the wise reminder — '' The fear of man bringetli a 
snare . 

3. Where the familiar metaphor — " An arm of fiesh ?" 

4. Where the solemn warnins: — ''Be sure vour sin will find 
yon out V " 

5. Where the humane injunction — " A righteous man re- 
gardeth the life of his beast ? " 

6. Where is Jehovah described as, " Glorious in holiness, 
fearful in praise, doing wonders ? " 

7. Where is it said — " Them that honor Me I will honor ; 
and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed V " 

8. Where is there first found the command to " love and 
serve the Lord with all the heart and with all the soul ? " 

9. Where the command to " love the stranger ? '' 

10. Where to "love thy neighbor as thyself ? " 

11. Showing the debasing effects of an atheistic spirit, 
** Let us eat and drink for to-morrow we shall die ? " 

12. Showing the hir lening tendency of a long course of sin, 
** Can the Ethiopian chang? his skin, or the leoj)ard his spots? " 

5 7 



9j <:URIOSITIES OF THE BIDLK. 

13. Showiuijf t]j3 claaix^'i' of triflins: with conviction an 1 
warning, " lie that being- often re]>roved IjarJeneth his neck, 
shall suddenly be des':royed, and that without remedy." 

IL '' Xor by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith 
the Lord," showing use of means but dependence only on God? 

15. " Thou slialt not follow a multitude to do evil," a most 
necessary warning, for, alas! how many do ''custom and ex- 
anijDle " lead ''to swerve from the truth." 

16. "Every imagination of the thoughts of mans heart is 
-- only evil continually." A strong statement; but showing the 

need of Divine grace and discipline (Jer. xvii. 9, 10). 

17. '•'•' Seekest thou great things for thyself, seek them not." 

18. " He that ruleth his spirit is greater than he that taketh 
a city." 

19. " Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? " 

20. " Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall 
we not receive evil ? " 

21. " Their strength is to sit still. In quietness and in con- 
fidence shall be vour streno-th." 

22. "How can man be just before God? (since) he cannot 
answer Him one of a thousand. " 

20. " And thine ears shall hear a voice behind thee saying. 
This is the way, walk ye in it.'' 

21. " We are but of yesterday, and know nothing." 

25. '^ The righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath 
clean hands shall be strono-erand strono^er." 

26. Where is a king spoken of as " The breath of our nos- 
trils, " applied sometimes since in flattery to modern monarchs ? 

27. Who first employed that powerful simile, now become 
proverbial, " Like a wild bull in aL:iet?" 

28. Christ on two occasions quoted the words, " I will have 
mercy, and not sacrifice." Where are they to be found in the 
Old Testament ? 

29. Who said, " Xo doubt but ye are the people, and wis- 
dom shall die with you ? " 

30. Where is to be found the declaration, " Man looketh at 
the outward appearance, but God looketh at the heart? " 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 



AxAGRAMs, Acrostics and Puzzles. 

[Key Page 79.] 
SCPIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 1. 

Five hundred begins it; five hundred ends it; 

And ^ve in the middle is seen; 
The first of all letters, the first of all numbers, 

Have taken their stations between ; 
And if you correctly this medley can spell, 
The name of an ancien-t king then it will teli. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 2. 

I end as I began, 
The weal and woe of man : 
Yet do not harshly blame, 
I bear my mother's name. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 3. 

My centre is nothing; 

My first is my last; 
And when the long ages 

Are over and past. 
Then vengeance divine 

Shall devour me and mine. 



102 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIllLE. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 4. 

Four heads have I, but body none, 
And without any legs I run. 
'Midst bliss supreme my lot was cast. 
And joys that could not be surpassed. 
Yet these delights did I forsake. 
And far aw^ay my course I take; 
Yet, while I wander far or nigh. 
Still ever in my bed I lie. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 5. 

Of nature hard, and yet of purpose soft. 
The livelong night it bore its lord aloft ; 
More vast by far than common mortals know, 
And fitted well to lay the oppressor low. 
Now lowlier still the lord lies in the grave, 
While for a trophy conquerors kept the slave. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 6. 

• By changing seasons gently nursed. 
From out of a tender bud it burst. 
And in a wood it flourished first. 

Alas! not long; the forest glade, 
Resigns its trust; behind it fade 
Its sylvan home and woodland shade. 

Death came; but though men called it dead, 
A second diverse life it led — 
A thing of wonder and of dread. 

Then the old life resumed its power, 
And, in a dark and anxious hour, 
Swaet blooms arose, and fruit and flower. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 103 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, Xo. 7. 

In the water, in tiie air, and in the busy brain, 

Busy once, but nevermore to hate or love again; 

On^ of five, all like itself, in deadly deed united, 

And \'et delivering those in whom the Lord of Hosts delighted. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 8. 

Take from my whole my first away, 
Behold it then our direst day, 

Since Time his course began. 
Restore again my several part, 
My whole brings peace to careworn hearts, 

And rest to weary man. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 9. 

1 . A man who made a wretched choice. 

2. A man raised up as a deliverer. 

ii. A woman beautiful and W' ell-favored, 

4. A woman called " a mother in Israel.'' 

5. A king of Egypt who besieged Jerusalem. 

6. A king of Israel rebuked by a prophet. 

7. A queen who made a great feast. 

8. A queen who saved her nation. 

0. A city famous in the early history of the world. 

10. A city in Asia mentioned in the New^ Testament. 

11. A letter which commences no name in the Bible. 

12. A letter of the earliest-named place in the Bible. 

13. A nation often at v\-ar with the Jews. 

14. k nation that had wars wdth Assyria. 

15. A place mentioned in Paul's last voyage. 

16. A place visited by Paul and Barnabas. 

17. A mountain possessed by the Edomites. 

18. A mountain where the Lord spake to Israel. 
The initials give words spoken in a time of great peril. 



lot rLlUOSITlES OF THE HI ELK. 

SCIUPTURE ENIGMA, No. 10. 

1. The father of Dathaii and Abiram. 

2. Tiie beloved i>hysician. 

'). '{ he surname of a traitor. 

4. The )iaiDe of a miraculous spring. 

5. The mount of cursino-. 

(). AV'liere a lierd of swhie perished. 

7. A valley where a famous event took place. 

8. A city of Phrygia, to which Paul addressed an epistle. 

9. The place Avhere a Syrian captain was defeated. 

The inlt'aU of the answers will give the name of a sojourner 
in the land of Moab, and i\iQ finals that of liis native town. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 11. 

1. An Israelitish leader who conquered the host of Midian. 

2. A cunning hunter. 

8. A prophet, a native of Elkosh 

4. One \\hom the Lord refused for his anointed. 

0. The wife of Zebedee. 

6. Tlie second son of Kohath. 

7. The chief ruler of the synagogue at Corinth. 

The initials and fincds of the answers will give the names of 
two books of the Bible. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. li>. 

1. This sacrifice was oifered at His birth, 

Who lived, despised and poor, upon the earth. 

2. Calling the wise men (for he greatly feared). 
He asked of them what time the star appeared. 

3. Warned by an angel, thither Joseph w^ent. 
Ere the dark hours of night were fully spent. 

4. lie slept, and God, in pity and in love. 

Gave him, in this, a glim} se of heaven above. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 105 

5. The tribe of one who served God night and day, 
And in the temple lived to watch and pray. 

6. Take it upon you, in your Saviour's might; 
In youth 'tis easy, and 'tis rest at night. 

7. Men saw its light, at heaven's eastern gate; 

It passed before them, and their joy was gi'eat. 

8. In haste Iwas eaten, with the staff in hand; 
For Israel's children sought a better land. 

0. Iler little ones as Christian martyrs slept, 
She knows not, and refusing comfort wept. 

10. The prophecy, a virgin shall conceive, 

Will tell the name which she her Son should give. 

1 1. 'T was here in wisdom and in stature too. 

And grace with God and man, our Saviour grew. 

12. The place where Christ bade his disciples stay, 
Whilst he should leave them for a time to pray. 

The initials give the whole. 

Through God's great mercy, in sin's blackest night, 
It came from heaven, to give his people light; 
To bid our fears in death's dark shadows cease, 
Guiding our feet into the way of peace. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 13. 

1. A son of Saul, by murderous hands who died. 

2. A race, Lot's children, thorns in Gilead's side. 

3. The father of the ninth apostle named. 

4. One as great Moses' father only famed. 

5. To Jesus, as the Christ, w^ho Peter brought ? 

6. Who, Zimri punishing, the kingdom sought? 

7. A place where Christ in breaking bread was seen. 

8. A sage in Jewish law, Paul had his pupil been. 

0"^ 



lOj CUlllOSITIKS OF THE UinLE. 

Of 2, 6, 8, hdl'iaU two you use; 

Of third name, four; of fifth name, three; thi^u choos 

One of the rest : a title there will be, 

Or claim, which in Isaiah we may see 

Unto Jehovah thrice, in substance, given : 

And twice by Christ assumed, speaking from lieaven. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 14. 

1. Whom did his servants treacherously slay 
As sleeping on his couch at noon he lay ? 

2. A prince who, with a missionary band, 

Went forth to preach throughout the Holy Land. 

3. A town whr^ra mighty miracles were wrought, 
Which for its sin was to destruction" brought ? 

4. B ifore what idol did a Syrian bend 

Lest he his heathen master should offend ? 

5. Who to withstand the Apostle's preaching sought, 
And on himself a fearful judgment brought "? 

6. What did once save from death the human race, 
And for a year was their sole dwelling-place? 

7. A prophet who was called in early youth, 
And till old aq:e he served the God of truth. 

8. x\ mother who did early teach her boy • 
The way that leads to everlasting joy. 

9. What king against the tribes of Israel fought 
Because a passage through his land they sought ? 

10. A word inscribed in Babel's regal hall. 
Her impious king to penitence to call. 

11. What king would not take counsel of the wise, 
But did his father's counsellors despise V 

12. What makes the gold with purest lustre shine, 
And is an emblem of God's Word Divine ? 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS, 107 

1']. What beauteous creatures dwell in heaven above, 
And visit earth on messages of love? 

14. Who did, when Judah's tribe was borne away, 
The ruler of the remnant basely slay ? 

15. Who brought good news, the apostle's heart to cheer, 
When he was sore oppressed with grief and fear V 

16. A blessed emblem of our Saviour dear. 
For those that trust in Him need never fear. 

In the initials of these words we read 

A prayer for that which above all we need. 

Without this gift the world would be most drear : 

The next be viewed with overwhelming fear. 

It casts its beams on every scene of woe, 

And throws a radiance on our path below 



SCRIPTURE EXIGMA, No. 15. 

1. The man whose name is first mentioned in connection 
with a victory over the Amalekites. 

2. A prince of Midian slain by the Ephraimites. 

3. The father of Jehu. 

4. The captain of Absalom's host. 

5. The only weapon used at the siege of Jericho. 

6. A prophetess who foretold the evil that should come upon 
the kingdom of Judah. 

7. The country to which the murderers of Sennacherib fled? 

8. A king who was deprived of his dominion until he would 
acknowledge that all earthly power was the work of God. 

The initials and finals of the foregoing names (or words) 
form the names of a father and son : the initials give us the son, 
who was sent to warn David of Absalom's intentions. The 
finals^ the father, one of the priests in the reign of David. 



108 CUniOSITIKS OF THE BIBLE. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, Xo. 16. 

1. A servant of God, who followed Him fully. 

2. Another servant of God, who feared the Lord greatly. 

0. The woman to whom Jesus first appeared after his resur- 
rection. 

4. A woman who is said to have been righteous before God. 

5. Tlie birth place of the faUier of the faithful. 

6. A city where Jesus raised on£ from the dead. 

7. A city in the wilderness, built by King Solomon. 

8. A place from which gold was brought to King Solomon. 

9. A prophet who lived in the reign of King Ahaz. 

10. A prophet who lived in the reign of King Ahab. 

The initials form a gracious invitation of the Lord Jesus. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 17. 

1. One who had better ne'er been born — his second name. 

2. He who to David showed his double sin and shame. 

3. She who once only good, but evil soon too, knew. 

4. Respectful title, given to each more honored Jew. 

5. '• God's promises in Christ, all, all, are this,*' 'tis writ. 

6. To dwell in Philippi this town did Lydia quit. 

7. New name ('' a prince of God " it means) by patriarch 
gained. 

8. City of priests, with blood of all its dwellers stained. 

9. 'Gainst David's third great sin, God's judgments who 
declared. 

^ 10. A city which, by cunning cheated, Joshua spared. 

11. In alphabetic Psalm, six Hebrew letter's name. 

12. The first of four wise men, whom Solomon passed in 
fame. 

13. A man, who sent his son the asses strayed to find. 

14. A lowly son, by God for regal rule designed. 

Of names 3, 12, no letter you refuse; 
Of G and 10, the first two only use; 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. lU'J 

Of others, one. A duty which doth rest, 
For faithful Christians, on a promise blest. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 18. 

1. What office did our Lord fulfil in offering Himself a sac- 
rifice for sin ? 

2. What expression is used concerning Christ as of the 
house of David ? 

3. In what term does St. Paul, in his epistle to the Cor- 
inthians, speak of the relation of Christ to the Father. 

4. Wliat title of Christ, though given him in contempt by 
his enemies, was the fulfilment of a prophecy? 

5. A name of our S-aviour that indicates his wisdom? 

6. In what prophetic language is the essential attribute of 
God ascribed to Christ. 

7. A title by which our Lord's human descent is described? 

8. Under what designation does prophecy indicate Christ as 
cleansing from all iniquity? 

9. Xame the grand ofiice of Christ as our Divine Teacher. 

10. What prophetic title of our Saviour shows Him to be 
both God and Man ? 

11. One of our Saviour's names taken from the Greek 
alphabet ? 

12. How does our Lord show Himself to be the support of 
that temple built up of his elect ? 

13. What is it that Christ's people find in Him ? 

From these initials you will find 
The love of God to human kind. 
He sent his Son from heaven on high. 
For us to suffer, bleed, and die. 
Oh, happy time, when He shall come 
To bring us to our heavenly home — 
The war, and strife, and sin shall cease. 
And Jesus come to reign in peace. 



110 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 19. 

1. One whom Paul called his own son m the faith. 

2. A king who helped Solomon to build the temple. 

3. A prophet who was seen hundreds of years after he died. 

4. The eldest sister of Rachel. 

5. The grandfather of King David. 

6. The eldest son of Jacob. 

7. The youngest son of Jesse. 

8. A distinguished teacher at Antioch. 

9. A Roman officer who saved Paul's life. 

10. A warrior w^ho killed Goliath's brother. 

11. A scribe who carried a message to Isaiah. 

12. A king's son w^io killed his father. 

13. One of the judges of Israel. 

14. One of the best of the kings of Judah. 

15. One of the ancestors of our Lord. 

16. One of Job's comforters. 

17. A great man among the Anakims. 

18. A prophet w^ho rebuked King David. 

19. A prophetess w'ho judged Israel. 

20. The father of the first King of Israel. 
22, The stew^ard of Abraham's hour*\ 

22. The mother of Timothy. 

23. The third Apostle called by Jesus. 

24. An orator who accused Paul. 

25. A king reproved by John the Baptist. 

26. A false prophet who withstood Paul. 

27. A true prophet in the land of Chaldea. 

The initials express an affectionate wish and devout benedic- 
tion. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 20. 

1. *' These have the world turned upside dowm." Where 
was this said ? 

2. Paul here, now nearly worshipped, now cast forth as de?.d. 



SCRIPTURE llXi GMA:S. 1 1 1 

3. The man whose purchased floor became the Tem[)le'ssite. 
1. In art and learning's seat, who hailed the gospel's light? 

5. His ]3eople to chastise with scorpions, who iiad will ? 

6. Who David, weak through age, in battle hoped to kill ? 

7. Twelve stones were here set up, which they from Jordan 
drew. 

8. The mount where died the chief whose grave ne'er mortal 
knew. 

9. The father of a queen who God's own prophet slew. 

Of 1 and 9, initials three retain ; 

Of 3, 5, two ; and one of what remain : 

A text in Psalms appears, which well may cheer 

The heart in every doubt, distress or fear. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 21. 

1. A servant who gained part of his master's property by 
slander and deceit. 

2. A high priest who tried to hinder a great work of the 
Lord. 

3. A title of honor which our Lord told his disciples to 
refuse when called by it. 

4. One of those classes of people who shall be cast into the 
lake of fire, which is the second death. 

5. The di\ ision of Palestine of which, at the beginning of 
John the Baptist's ministry, Philip, the husband of Herodias, 
was Tetrarch. 

6. The soldier who, when with David, took away Saul's 
spear and cruse of water, while his guards were asleep. 

7. The cousin of a prophet who bought a field from him, as 
a token that the children of Israel should return from their 
captivity in Babylon. 

The initials smdjinals give the names of two women, sisters 
of a famous king of Israel. The first the mother of brave men, 
in connection with whom her name is often mentioned. 



112 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 22. 

1. A man whose end exemplifies that 'Hhe love of money 
is the root of all evil." 

2. A man who " prepared his heart to seek the law of the 
Lord." 

0. The town to which Elkanah belonged. 

4. The country which bounded the dominions of Ahasuerus 
on the east. 

5. The king of Elam who took Lot prisoner. 

6. One of the prophets who incited the Jews to the building 
of the second temple. 

7. The name which Joshua originally bore. 

The initials of the above names form the name of a city 
taken by the Israelites where only one family was spared ; the 
finals^ of a city built by Omri, which was also his burial-place. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 23. 

1. A tree with which a famous temple w^as built. 

2. A tree under which idols were buried. 

3. A prophet whom a king of Judah slew with the sword. 

4. A city in Egypt, prophesied against by three prophets. 

5. A tree into which one climbed to see Christ. 

6. The place where the spies obtained the bunch of grapes. 

7. One called " the beloved physician." 

8. One whose heart the Lord opened. 

9. One from whom our Lord w^as a descendant. 
10. One who caused her son to deceive. 

The above initials form a name by which our Lord was called 
in the Old Testament. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 24. 

1. What prophet did the Saviour's birth-place t^ll 
AVhen He came down as man with men to dwell? 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. \yd 

2. A term employed in God's most lioly Word 
Which doth His truth and faithfuhiess record? 

3. A striking monument of heavenly grace 
Who saw his blessed Saviour face to face? 

4. The village where our risen Lord appeared, 
And thus two sorrowing disciples cheered? 

5. A holy seer who lived in David's days, 

And sang to God in sweetest songs of praise? 

6. To whom did God an holy angel send, 
That He to Peter's message might attend? 

7. What bird does on its wings its offspring bejir, 
An emblem of our Heavenly Father's care ? 

8. Wlio on King David's fortunes did attend, 
And in his trials proved a constant friend ? 

9. The land from whence arose the world's true light, 
When all around were sunk in deepest night? 

10. What prophet's lips were touched with holy fire, 
And spoke great words that still our hope inspire? 

11. What beuteous plant did shadow forth our Lord, 
And of His much-loved Church a type afford? 

12. A stone the prophet Samuel did raise, 
His God for a deliverance great to praise ? 

13. Whence did he come who, at his God's command, 
Left home to sojourn in a foreign land? 

14. Who in much trouble Zion's walls did raise ; 
Then to his God did render songs of praise ? 

15. The ancestor of one renowned for grace, 
From whom descended the whole Jewish race ? 

16. A seer who led his people once to show 
Pity and mercv to a fallen foe ? 

8 



114 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

17. What glorious time did shadow forth that day 
When from this earth the curse shall pass away? 

18. A prince, wlio by a pious king was sent, 
11iat he miglit lead his people to repent ? 

19. What mystic word, inscribed on palace wall 
By unknown hand, foretold great Babel's fall? 

Tiie uiiU((ls take in order due their place, 

And then are read calm words of heavenly grace : 

The last best gift that our Redeemer gave 

To tlu^se loved friends He came from heaven to save : 

Oh Lord, give ear unto our earnest prayer, 

And grant that we this blessed gift may share. 

SCRIPTUBE ENIGMA, No. 25. 

1. The cousin and wife of one of the patriarchs. 

2. A kin '2' of Bashan who fousrht against Israel. 

3. A disobedient wife. 

4. A beautiful girl who was the adopted child of her cousin. 

5. A burden which we are to carry which is light and easy. 

6. One who is mentioned by St. Paul as a faithful and be- 
loved brother. 

7. Paul's helper in Christ. 

8. A faithful daughter-in-law. 

9. A high priest who hel]3ed to rebuild Jerusalem. 

10. A captain of the Syrian army in the reign of Benhadad. 

11. The eldest brother of a great king of Israel. 

12. The heathen god for w^hom Paul was mistaken. 

13. An archer who w\as the ancestor of a great nation. 

14. One who became greater than his elder brother. 

15. One who, wdth his daughters, built the wall of a ruined 
city. 

The initial letters of the answers give one of our Lord's 
commands to those who follow Him. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 26. 

1. The fifth son of a patriarch's earliest wife. 

2, A prophet liither sailin:^ risked his life. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 115 

3. '* An Israelite indeed," as Christ declared. 

4. Who, next to Korah named, his rain shared, 

5. Seditious boaster, whom Gamaliel mentions. 

6. Here blindness foiled Elisha's foes' intentions. 

7. A widow who her home would not resign, 

And say, '' Thy God and people shall be mine." 

8. The priest, before whom first om' Lord they took. 

9. Loving this present world, who Paul forsook? 
10. A word ; but disintangie first the rest. 

And memoiT, then, this last link will suggest. 

Of 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, initials two combine 
With three or 4 and 5, and one of 3 and 9 . 
Gracious appeal ! thy highest weal at stake. 
Bethink thee well what answer thou wilt make. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, Xo. 27. 

1. The only queen that over Judah reigned. 

And her brief reign with cruel murder stained ? 

2. Who for herself did carve a tomb on high, 
Then died an exile 'neath a foreign sky? 

3. A city wiiere who once its portals gained 
Protection from pursuing foes obtained ? 

4. Who nobly braved a W'icked monarch's ire 
And walked unhurt amid the blazinsf fire ? 

5. A symbol, first of God's forgiving grace. 
That afterward show^ed the folly of our race ? 

6. A shapeless stone w'liich did from heaven fall 
On W'hich for aid the heathen world did call ? 

7. An emblem of our Saviour's gentle sway, 
Easy to those who do their God obey ? 

8. AVho did the brother of Goliath slay. 
And valiantly upheld king David's sway? 

9. A beauteous type of Christ's life-giving powder, 
Who doth on earth the richest blessings shower ? 

10. Who, when a ruler was oppressed with care, 
Assisted him to persevere in prayer ? 



116 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

11. Whose son taught men to strike the tuneful lyre, 
And did their minds with harmony inspire? 

12. Whei-e did the patriarch a pillar raise 

For visions sweet and bright his God to praise ? 
18. Who made a feast, that former friends might prove 

The blessings of a Saviour's care and love? 
1 4. AV^hat mighty empire o'er the earth bore sway 

When here on earth our blessed Lord did stay ? 

15. W^lio, when a pi-ophet was by grief oppresst. 
Did come to aid him and procure him rest ? 

16. The land for Israel's sake supremely blest, 
Type of the Christian's everlasting rest ? 

17- An altar raised, for Israel's sons to trace 

That they belonged to that much favored race ? 

18. Who was the grandsire of a mighty seer 
Who taught the Jews to overcome their fear ? 

19. A beauteous emblem in the temple riven, 

To show that Christ our Lord hath opened heaven V 

20. The holy priest who Israel's thousands led, 
And before whom the waves of Jordan fled ? 

In these initials you will find 
Precept and promise both combined. 
If you, by grace, the first obey. 
You then will find the heavenly way 
That leads you to the realms above. 
Where all is peace, and joy, and love. 

SCKIPTUKE ENIGMA, No. 28. 

1 . The man who credence gave on touch of hand. 

2. That which is equal to a murderous deed. 
8. A fruit much eaten in an Eastern land. 

4. Bathsheba's husband, as by Matthew read. 

5. What animal on Judah's hills was found? 

6. The first five letters of the precious things 
Which in Saul's reign in Israel did abound. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 117 

7. The trusting bird that flew with soft white wings 
To bring ^oah comfort in an olive leaf, 
And end at last his time of waiting grief. 

Take^r.s75 ?i\\di finals^ and a text is made, 
Which in temptation's hour may prove an aid. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS, No. 29. 

Afar they watch my whole arise, 
Its summit seems to touch the skies ; 
"When all is done," the crowds exclaim, 
" Then shall we make ourselves a name I *' 

Remove a letter, and behold ! 
A shepherd issue from his fold. 
With blood devoutly draws he nigh, 
Himself, alas ! how soon to die. 

Remove a letter still, and now 
Before an idol-god they bow ; 
To wood and stone is worship paid, 
And men adore what men have made. 

Remove a letter yet once more. 
We see an altar stained with gore ; 
And he who built it named it thus, 
To teach a precious truth to us. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 30. 

1. A word which signifies "peace." 

2. A child who was born on the day of a great national ca- 
lamity. 

3. A city which was popularly supposed to produce nothing 
good. 

4. A son of Saul who reigned over Israel for two years. 

5. The father of Boaz. 

6. An orator who accused St. Paul before Felix. 

7. A king of Syria who was anointed by a prophet of Israel. 



118 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

8. David's eldest brother. 

9. The queen of Egypt in Solomon's time. 

10. The town in which Samuel's house was. 

11. The people who erected an altar '' to the unknown God." 

12. The only leper who was cleansed during the reign of 
Jehoram, King of Israel. 

13. A conqueror whose death was more disastrous to his 
enemies than his life had been. 

14. The country whence Elijah originally came. 

15. A Moabitess who married into the tribe of Judah. 

16. The EthiojDian eunuch who interceded for Jeremiah. 

17. The mountain given to Esau for a possession. 

18. The church to whom it was said, " Thou hast a name 
that thou livest, and art dead." 

19. Leah's fifth son. 

20. The conqueror of Chushan-rishathaim. 

21. A servant whose master granted him leave of absence 
for twelve years. 

22. A runaway slave who was sent back to his master by 
St. Paul. 

23. The age of Moses when he visited his brethren. 

24. Absalom's daughter. 

25. An Egyptian slave who became the mother of a great 
nation. 

26. The father of Bathsheba. 

27. The well near which Isaac dwelt. 

28. The tribe to whom, it was said, " As thy days, so shall 
thy strength be." 

29. A charge which was given to the disciples and to all 
Christians. 

The initials of the above names (or words) give us a definition 
of sin . 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 31. 

1. Whose army fell beneath an angel's w^ing? 

2. Lo ! hence the captive ark they homeward bring. 

3. Before this ruler, Paul his case explained. 



SCRIPTURE EXIGMAS. ' HO 

4. A prophet, as deserter, ^vlio detained ? 

5. Victor ill death, heave. i opened to his view. 

6. Here tyrant fell by stone a woman threw. 

7. An ancient river, famed in Deborah's song, 
That swept the vanquished in its course along. 

8. Great city which, by ^^rophet warned, repented. 

9. A captured town to Solomon presented. 

10. To whom Avas first earth's future all displayed ? 

11. A slave escaped, whom Paul a convert made. 

12. Chemosh w^as worshipped on this nation's ground. 

13. This governor left Paul unjustly bound. 

14. A champion felled by stone a shepherd hurled. 

15. Goddess revered by " Asia and the world.'' 

Two of 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 12 and 14, take 

Initials ; three of 6 ; of others one, and make 

A text, which sets before the Christian life's chief end, 

First of all aims to which his hope should tend. 

'' Make thou His service thy delight, 
Thy wants shall be His care.'* 

SCRIPTURE IINIGMA, Xo. 32. 

1. An emblem of the Lord of life and grace, 
Whose death has wrought salvation for our race ? 

2. What typifies our Heavenly Father's care 
And shows the love He to his children bare ? 

3. And in sad contrast, name a type of those 

Who 'gainst God's Word have dared their ears to close ? 

4. Who first brought sorrow to this world below. 
And was the source of all its sin and woe ? 

5. A type of Him, of whom it is foretold 
That He shall draw all nations to his fold ? 

6. A type of Jesus' kind and gentle sway, 

By which He leads us in the heavenlv way .'* 

7. To what choice jewel, beautiful and rare, 

Did John the founders of the Church compare? 



120 * CURTOSITJES OF THE BIBLE, 

8. A tree that symbolized the Jews of old, 
And in a figure their sad fate foretold ? 

9. All emblem that our Lord doth typify ? 
How safe are those who on His aid rely ! 

10. A symbol brought to show God's wrath did cease, 
Which hence became the well-known type of peace ? 

11. What is of coming day a herald bright, 
And typifies the God of 'ove and light? 

12. A type of Him who did from heaven descend, 
And feeds all those that on His grace depend ? 

13. A type of that which makes all sorrows light, 
And throws a beam across the darkest night ? 

14. An emblem of a city placed on high 
AVhich dared Almighty power to defy ? 

Ill the initiah of these types we read 
Not to depend on man in time of need ; 
But put our trust in God's Almighty power, 
AVho help will give for every trying hour. 

SCRIPTURE EXIG:\IA, No. 33. 

1. The prophet who was sent to tell David of the punish- 
ment he had incurred by numbering the people. 

2. A man who " feared the Lord greatly." 

3. The country whei-e the gospel was preached by a man 
who had once been the terror of the inhabitants. 

4. A man who plotted to destroy a whole nation for the of- 
fence of one man. 

5. The only man who escaped the slaughter of the priests by 
Saul. 

6. The mountain in whose neighborhood Sisera was de 
feated. 

7. The prophet who reproved Asa for trusting to the King 
of Syria. 

8. The name which Jacob gave to the place where the angels 
of God met him. 

9. *' A prince and a great man." 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 121 

10. The king by whose decree the building of the second 
temple was finished. 

11. The wife of Aaron. 

12. The man to wdiom DaA'id showed kindness for Jonathan's 
sake. 

13. A man w^ho was spared by a king, and slain by a prophet. 
11. The city of the priests. 

15. The prophet who was slain by Jehoiakim. 

16. Herod's brother. 

17. The place where the Israelites fought their first battle, 
after leaving Egypt. 

18. The murderer of Gedaliah. 

19. The Hebrew name of the place where our Lord was con- 
demned. 

20. The father of Lot. 

21. The city to which Jehoshaphat attempted to send ships. 

The initlils of the above names (or words) form a statem'^nt 
which show^s us that we are " very far gone from original right- 



eousness." 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 31. 

1. He who with Joshua only of the land 

Who quitted Egypt reached the promised land. 

2. Name of a street, Saul's blindness here had end. 

3. Man plants and tends ; God only this can send. 

4. A judge who cared not to take either side. 

5. A pronoun oft in friendly speech supplied. 

6. AYho was it, to whom plainly Christ confessed, 

The " Son of Man " was '' Son, too, of the Blessed ?" 

7. King of Damascus, when St. Paul thence fled. 

8. The city where, in Egypt, Joseph wed. 

9. Of Solomon the royal Tyrian friend. 

10. Whom Peter smote, his Master to defend. 

Initials two of 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 

With four of 4 and 3 of 7 combine ; 



122 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

One of the rest : a counsel thus is made 
Of comfort full, yet ill, alas I obeyed. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 35. 

1. Another name by ancient men 

To land of Edom given. 

2. The first four letters of a fruit 

To Nazarites forbidden. 

3. What man, for taking a stronghold, 

Obtained his cousin's hand ? 

4. The place where Lydia purple sold. 

The richest in-ihe land. 

5. A Grecian game to which St. Paul 

Compares the Christian's path. 

6. A tree of which the Jews burnt much 

On their domestic hearth. 

7. A very profitable use, for Scripture, 

Paul did name. 

8. The first three letters of a man 

To whom death never came. 

9. Name the third mount to whose high top 

King Balak, Balaam led. 

10. Give for a parable a name 

In Bible pages read. 

11. Reverse the name where gold was found- 

A celebrated place ; 

12. And give the mighty ancestor 

Of Edom's hardy race. 

When you i\iQ firsts and finals find, 
A sentence you may frame, 

A promise made by Christ on earth 
Which we in heaven may claim. 



SCniPrURE ENIGMAS. 123 

SCRTPITTRE ENIGMA, No. 36. 

Curiously hinged and jointed 

To its fellow hangs vsiy first ; 
To preserve man's life appointed, 
When the ground, through sin, was cursed ; 

Yet it never 
Fails to deal destruction round, 

To whatever 
May within its reach be found. 

With substantial fabrication 
Is my unseen second blest ; 
Made a wondrous habitation, 

For a still more wondrous guest : 

Framed to cherish 
Force of arm — the warrior's trust ; 

Doomed to perish — 
Earth to earth, and dust to dust ! 

From a feeble creature taken. 

Once my whole appeared in sight ; 
And by strength vindictive shaken, 
Slew a thousand in the fight ; 

'Twas selected 
To rebuke the Gentiles' pride ; 

Soon rejected, 
Like a weapon cast aside. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 37. 

(Showing a possession lost for us by the first Adam; regained 
for us by the second Adam.) 

1. The name of one of the first seven deacons. 

2. A man who, as a king, offered willingly land and goods 
to build an altar, and to offei* sacrifice to God. 

3. A family which earned the approbation and reward from 
God bv their obedience to the command of their ancestor. 



124 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

4. A maiden given to wife as a reward for capturing a city ; 
and who sought and obtained, of her father, land with springs 
of w^ater. (N.B. — The account of this is given twice over in 
the Bible ; give reference to both passages,) 

5. The omitted tribe in the account, in the Revelation, of 
the sealing of the hundred and forty-four thousand. 

6. The father of that prophet of the Lord who dared speak 
unpalatable truth to the wicked king to whom the rest of the 
prophets had spoken palatable falsehood. 

7. A convert called by St. Paul " the first fruits of Achaia," 
and whose household that apostle baptized. 

8. That prophet whose visions, in the Old Testament, are 
often much akin to those of St. John the Divine in the New. 

The in'tiah of the above will give the ans^^er. 

SCRIPTURE EXIGMA, Xo. :38 

From the New Testament alone, 

Resolves these questions truly ; 
The answers two acrostics make. 

When ranged in order duly. 

1. The brook that Jesus had to cross. 

The traitor's band to meet.^^ 

2. The symbol of the prayers of saints, 

Acceptable and sweet } 

3. When Mary saw the Master risen, 

Her cry of recognition .^ 

4. The foui til of seven — the daily care 

Of widows was their mission ? 

0. He who, in recklessness profane, 
His birthright blessing sold ? 

6. And he who vexed his righteous soul 
With Sodom's crimes of old ? 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 125 

7. The hand wherein a Roman served, 

With right devout behavior ? 

8. And/i<?, at Rome, whom Paul salutes, 

*' Oar helper " in the Saviour ? 

9. And lastly, he^ progenitor 

Of Christ's reputed father, 
Whose name the sixth in upward rank, 
From Joseph's line we gather ? 

The initials and i\iQ finals take 

Fi'om every term selected, 
Except '' the symbol of the prayers," 

And this must be bisected. 

See the^r5^ Gentile Christianas name. 

Framed from the signs initial ; 
And in the finals upward read, 

Behold his rank official. 

May we, like him, by Peter taught, 

Renounce our Gentile pride. 
And by the Spirit from above 

Our hearts be purified ! ♦ 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 39. 

From the tangled thicket bounding. 

Roars mv first : 
Through the wild his voice, resounding, 

Hath dispersed 
All the tribes that prowl and prey 

In the night : 
From his path tliey flee away 

With affright. 

O'er the path my second gliding 

Bites the heels ; 
In the treacherous wine-cup hiding, 

Stings and kills. 



126 cuRio>rnES of the bible. 

But the Christ, creation's Head, 

David's Root, 
Shall my Jirst and second tread 

Under foot ! 

Look! my f/ilnl Jias made its dwelling 

Underground ; 
And its mimic mountains swelling. 

Rise around : 
Image of the carnal mind, 

Child of earth, 
'Tis by nature dark and blind 

From its birth. 

So my fourth^ with scanty vision 

Of the light, 
Flitting, finds its whole provision 

In the night. 
To my third 2i\\di fourth, 'tis told, 

Man shall cast 
All their gods of sordid gold, 

At the last. 

Who \j\\Q four initials borrows, 

Shall display 
One, who all our sins and sorrows 

Bore away : 
Like this creature — though Divine — 

He became, 
And his name, in type and sign. 

Is the same . 

SCRIPTURAL ENIGMA, No. 40. 

What godly priest on Judah's throne his wife's young nephew 
placed ? 

What land unto Urijah gave a shelter, when disgraced? 

Who was the youngest son of him who earned a curse fore- 
told? 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 127 

What relation was Paul to one who told of plotters bold ? 

Who mourned when one for Israel's good help from a king re- 
ceived ? 

What was it last poured out on them for whom our Saviour 
grieved ? 

What prophet of the Lord most high did Syrian plots defeat? 

What brother in the Lord did Paul for one estranged entreat ? 

What bisho]3 of an eastern church had learned God's holy 
truth. 

While yet a child, and served the Lord e'en from his early 
youth ? 

If you have answered this aright, the initial letters prove 
Our blessed Saviour's sympathy, his tenderness and love ; 
And then i\iQ final letters read, for these w^ill let you know 
A place where Christ wdth tears of love His sympathy did 
show. 

SCRIPTURAL EXIGMA, No. 41. 

From the Xew Testament these questions solve, 
And thus these names evolve : 

1. Who w^as it oft-times trembled while he heard 

A Roman prisoner's w^ord ? 

2. What Jew from Egypt did at Corinth preach 

With strong, persuasive speech? 

3. Who, by presentiment of faith possessed, 

His twin-born children bless'd? 

4. Who, with a life ])y earliest faith begun, 

Was caird the apostle's son? 

5. Who, by her daughter's " light fantastic" tread 

Obtained a prophet's head ? 

6. Whose name stands second in th' ascending tree 

Of Jesu's pedigree ? 

7. What slave w^as to his injured master sent 

By Paul, a penitent ? 



128 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

8. Who was that Jewess, whose experienced speech 

Did a great teacher teach ? 

9. Who was his iriotlier who, in early youth, 

Believed and preached the truth ? 

10. Who was the first of all the Gentile race 

To learn the Saviour's grace ? 

11. Who — though not first— all Asia led astray, 

And turned from Paul away ? 

12. Who, by one lie, called forth th^ apostle's power 

And perished the same hour ? 

13. Who heard the voice of Peter at the gate, 

And made the apostle wait V 

14 What epithet both marks a tiaitor's shame, 
And clears his namesake's fame ? 

15. Who for St. Paul his longest letter penned, 

And kind salute did send ? 

16. What title, in three vowels, doth express 

The Saviour's faithfulness ? 

Xow from each term evolved th' initial take, 
And an acrostic make. 

Three sovereign graces that in Christians dwell. 
The several letters spell. 

The first ^ without saving power, looks back to see 
The Saviour's agony. 

The next^ with steadfast eye, looks upward still 
To heavenly Zion's hill. 

The last^ the greatest, labors to be blest 
In heaven's eternal rest. 

The first completed, and the next made sure, 
The third shall still endure. 



SCniPTURAL ENIGMAS. 129 

scripturp: enigma, xo. 42. 

1. The tribe to which Korah belonged? 

2. The son of Ruth? 

o. That by which the sheep know the shepherd? 
•1. David's eldest brother? 
5 The man whom Philip brought to Christ? 
(]. The father of Aliab ? 

7. The birthplace of St. Paul? 

8. The man who '• boasted himself to be somebody? ** 

9. The city given by Joshua to Caleb ? 

1'). The prophet w^ho said " I am not better than my fathers ? '* 

11. That which Pharaoh's daughter promised to tJochabed? 

12. The man who w^as " blessed because of the Ark of Gcd? '' 

13. The place where Elkanah lived? 
H. That of which Jacob made pottage? 
15. The man who was ^' greatly beloved ? " 

The biiUals form a precept much needed in this world. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 43. 

*Tis night — my first runs out, another comes, 
Another and another, ere the morn 

Wakes up a slumbering world 

And lights the toils of men. 

'Tis day — my se^-ond runs his w^eary round, 
And groans in pain, or travails with his task, 

Or sits enthroned in pride, 

Or in the dungeon pines. 

'Tis night again — my wliole with lofty eye, 
Looks out beneath him on a slumbering world, 

The dim horizon scans, 

And kens the coming foe. 

9 



130 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

Simile. 

The Christian's life is like the first ; and he 
Shonld like the second quit himself, be strong, 

Be wise ; and, like the whole, 

Look for his coming Lord. 

scripturp: enigma, no. 44. 

Li the initials placed aright, 

Appears that spot of memory sweet, 

Where He who dwelt as man on earth, 
Loved with his followers to meet. 

1. My wicked wiles could not avail 

God's servant to dismay. 

2. In bitterness of soul I knelt, 

Before the Lord to pray. 

3. Beside a river's bank I stood, 

And viewed a wondrous sight. 

4. To me a crown of gold was given, 

And robes of blue and white. 

5. In time of danger I concealed 

God's ];)rophets in a cave. 

6. In vain to Egypt did I fly, 

My threatened life to save. 

7. With saddened heart I left the land, 

Where those I loved were laid. 

8. In Pekah King of Israel's days, 

I did his land invade. 

9. A city I must first besiege, 

Ere I my wife could win. 

10. I trembled at my prisoner's words, 
Yet would not leave my sin. 



SCRIPTURAL ENIGMAS. 131 

11. My giant strength became as nought 

Opposed to God's great might. 

12. My tribe was chosen by the Lord, 

To serve Him day and niglit. 

13. As musing in the field I walked, 

I saw my bride draw near. 

14. I would not, at my lord's command, 

Before his court appear. 

15. jNIy harsh reproofs but served to add 

Unto my friend's great woe. 

16. I perished on the battle-field. 

But not by sword or foe, 
My own right hand the weapon held, 
Which made my life-blood fiow. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, Xo. 45. 

The prophet who " loved the wages of unrighteousness." 

The native land of Ishmael's wife. 

Th^ man who would not part with the inheritance of his 
fathers. 

The tenth part of an ephah. 

The city to which Barnabas went to seek Saul. 

The number of years that Moses sojourned in Midian. 

The saint who, ^^ being dead, yet speaketh." 

The medium of communication between Joseph and his 
brethren. 

St. Paul's '-' o^m son in the faith." 

The father of King Manasseh. 

Isaac's brother-in-law. 

The prophet visited on his death-bed by King Jo ash. 

The city where Omri was buried. 

The Benjamite who cursed David. 

These initials make a charge of our Saviour to His disciples. 



132 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 46. 

Whose faith and courage saved her people's life ? 

Who won a battle trusting in the Lord ? 
Who gained a sharp rebuke for jealous strife ? 

Who perished by a traitor's cruel sword ? 

Who checked his rage to prove a prophet's word ? 

The initial letters take — they form his name 
Who did his foe's unwilling praise proclaim ; 
Then take i\\Q finals, and they give the same. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA. No. 47. 

1. A tyi e of our Lord ; one who entered the laud of Egypt, 
and the house of bondage, and there saved his people. 

2. One who preferred a present and temporal benefit, to 
that which was future and eternal, and repented, when too 
late. 

3. The name of a King of Israel ; also of one who, from a 
persecutor, became an apostle. 

4. One who put out a rash hand, unauthorized by God. to 
steady the ark, which he thought to be in danger, and received 
not praise, but punishment from God. 

5. The name of that church of whose angel (or bishop) w^as 
said, '' Thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead." 

The ^^r.s^ letters of these make np the sweetest human name 
in the world. • 

*' It makes the wounded spirit W'hole 
It calms the troubled breast ; 
'Tis manna to the hungry soul, 
And to the weary rest. 



SCRIPTUIIE KM (.MA S. 1 33 

SCRIPTURE P:XIGMA, Xo. 48. 

What is Cliristian \Yorship?— 

You shall quickly know, 
When you solve the queries 

Following here below : — 

Name the fifth disciple, 

Oi Bethsaida he, 
Jesus found, and called him, 

Saying, '' Follow me ! " 

How shall we take v/arning ? 

Learning from Lot's wife, 
Who, though saved from Sodom, 

Turned, and lost her life ! 

With the traitor's silver, 

When this field was bought, 
There the doom he suffered, 

Of the deeds he wrouo-ht. 

Paul once found at Corinth, 

Lately come from — whence ? 
Two good souls, when Caesar 

Drove all Jews from thence. 

Early in the morning. 

With the Marys came 
One, to look for Jesus ; 

Mark recites her name. 

Jacob's father's father — 

Tell his worthy name : 
Li the line of David 

You shall find the same. 

First th' initial letters. 

Next the finals take ; 
Then, with holy incense 

These sw^eet offerings make : 



134 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

This to tell God's mercies, 

That to seek his face, 
Through the blood of sprinkling, 

At the throne of grace. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 49. 

A faithful martyr's honored name, 
A prophet- judge's dwelling-place, 
A warrior who to David came, 
A priest w^ho perished in disgrace, 
A prophet's home, a mountain land : 

The initial letters spell, 
Reverse their order as they stand, 

A mournful name they tell. 
Which one, oppressed with deepest woes. 
In bitterness of spirit chose. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 50. 

Mj Jirst is known in every Christian clime, 
1 he fatal instrument of deadly crime. 
Abhorred, beloved, accursed, and yet most blest, 
A path of trouble to a land of rest. 

For the initial letter substitute 

The next in alphabetic order found. 

And all most valued, held in best repute, 

In this vain world most worshipped or renowned, 

Weighed with mjjirst, so painful, yet so dear 

To each true heart, my second will appear. 

The two first letters of this word remove. 

And place instead the initial of her name 

Who cheered God's saints with words and deeds of love. 

Embraced my Ji7\9t, and gloried in the shame. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 135 

The word thus formed is used by one most blest, 
That great apostle whom she made her guest, 
To tell what all the world's w^ealth, learning, fame, 
When he beheld inj first ^ to him became. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGiVIA, l^o. 51. 

In many a bosom fondly nursed, 
A fiery serpent is vaj first ; 
When Jesus came for us to die. 
He crushed this deadly enemy. 
My second is a city's name, 
Where Israel's host was put to shame, 
Because irj first still mirevealed, 
Was lurking in their camp concealed. 
Upon my icJiole, pronounced by heaven, 
The knowledge of mj first was given. 
The chosen people gathered round, 
And trembled at the dreadful sound. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 52. 

Earth revolves, and lo ! I come, 

Out of darkness springing ; 
Men and beasts their task resume, 

Birds their carols singing ; 
Glad my smiling face to see, 
Earth wakes up to w^elcome me. 

Earth revolves, and, like again. 

Out of darkness beaming, 
Shine I in Night's diadem. 

On the wavelets gleaming; 
And my radiance dies aw^ay. 
Only in returning day. 



130 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

Earth revolv^es, and now 'tis mine, 
Out of darkness glancing, 

To announce the night's decline, 
And the day's advancing; 

And my hopeful brightness, so, 

Doth the Saviour's coming show. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 5S. 

From all the names in Scripture, 

Of just six letters framed, 
Find hers who, for her beauty, 

Was far and justly famed ; 
'Tis true her lot was lowly, 

Yet, though her birth was mean, 
She, from a captive maiden, 

Became a mighty queen. 

Transpose the same six letters, 

And now his name we find, 
Whose meditated treason 

Was timely brought to mind ; 
And Providence so ordered. 

That a great king was taught 
To magnify the humble, 

And bring the proud to nought. 

Five of the six exhibit 

A mount on Dan bestowed. 

Where still, though put to tribute, 
The Amorites abode. 

Five show what creatures cover 
Th' unbrageous forest-lands. 

And soon — the prophet tells us — 
Thev all shall clap their hands. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 137 

Five more denote the number 

Of Anak's sons of old 
(Not one, nor two, nor many), 

WLose several names are told. 

Five changed show what, in vision, 

From heaven to Peter came, 
Filled with all living creatures, 

That he might eat the same. 

Four of the same selected. 

Describe that other seed 
Instead of him — the victim 

Of man's first murderous deed. 

Four other letters chosen 

Will Samuel's office show. 
What time some urgent matter 

A young man sought to know. 

Four name that Plebrew letter 

That stands the last but two : 
The longest psalm, in portions, 

Will prove the answer true. 

Four make the sweetest offer 

The weary soul can hear ; 
Come, and receive it freely. 

Who yoke or burden bear 

And four denote the person 

AYho with " good comfort " heard, 
When to the poor blind beggar 

They told the Saviour's word; 
And the same voice of comfort 

To every conscience speaks, 
When Jesus, by his gospel. 

Each poor blind sinner seeks. 



138 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 54. 

Faith shall be swallowed up in sight, 

Hope in fulfilment end, 
When on our twilight life the light 

Of heaven shall descend. 

A sister-grace to these, more great, 

Shall brighten when they wane ; 
O let us more and more to this, 

Even in this life, attain ! 

The initials of the following will give the name of this most 
excellent grace : 

1. The grandmother of Timothy. 

2. The good servant of a wicked king, who kept one hundred 

prophets of the Lord from the vengeance of the queen. 

3. A queen who resisted her husband's command, and was 

deposed. 

4. A good man, but a bad father. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 55. 

The father of the first artificer in brass and iron. 

The man who said, " I thy servant fear the Lord from my 
}outh.'' 

Th3 wise man's estimate of earthly pleasure. 

The place where David slew Goliath. 

Rehoboam's successor. 

The people who stole the oxen of Job. 

Herod's chamberlain. 

The city where Jehu was anointed king. 

The kin2:dom of Chedorlaomer. 

Paul's amanuensis when he wrote the Epistle to the Romans. 

The mother of Adonijah. 

The wife of Mahlon. 

The name of the altar that was built by the children of 
Reuben and Gad. 

The younger son of Bilhah. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS, 139 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 56. 

^ly first onjoiiis a watchful care, 
To see and shun each lurking snare, 
With earnest and unceasing prayer. 

My second speaks a kingdom mine, 
Where life and peace and joy divine 
In uncorrupted glory shine. 

My third would contradict my first, 
'Tis watchful earnestness reversed, 
By careless, prayerless folly nursed. 

Faith is my fourth^ of things not seen 
While on the w^ord of truth we lean, 
Though clouds and darkness intervene. 

These several subjects find in turn, 
And as their primal signs you learn, 
Mv tohole in fissure you discern. 

This type of Jesus, and His saints 
Their living, fruitful union paints. 
And patient love that never faints. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 57. 

THREEFOLD ACROSTIC. 

1. R-uin and wTath, and mortal gloom, 

2. B-y nature's fall and righteous doom, 

3. A-11 drive the sinner to the tomb. 

N-one can escape the just reward, 
Y-et the long-suffering of the Lord 
E-ndures the acts of men abhorred. 

D-eath and the grave wdde open lie, 
D-read and destruction hover nigh, 
P-erdition waits, w^hich none can fly. 



140 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

B-ut lo ! the gospel brings to light 
U-nlooked-for help in Xatnre's night» 
E-den and life restored to siglit. 

M-ercy receives the dreadful stroke, 
Y-ea, justice doth the doom revoke, 
R-emoves the curse, and breaks the yoke. 

C-hrist in our flesh the price hath paid, 
P-eace through His precious blood is made, 
P-ardon and life for man displayed. 

T-here, on the shameful cross he bled, 
O-ffered to judgment in our stead, 
H-umbled, and numbered with the dead! 

W-ith hell he fought and won the day, 
1-n dying took death's sting away, 
A-nd rose triumphant from the fray! 

0-to obtain what Christ hath won! 

E-njoy the o'race on earth begun ! 

S-o life shall crown what Love hath done. 

N-ow may we trust the sure record, 
R-eceive what grace and power award, — 
E-ternal oiory with the Lord! 

The initials in due order spun. 

From every verse selecting one. 

Three times acrostically done. 

Will show the work of God's dear Son ; 

His suffering course on earth begun, 

And His eternal kingdom won. 

SCRIPTCIRE ENIGMA, No. 58. 

The letters in the following words, when' re-arranged, form the 
name of a false god, to whom human sacrifices were offered : — 

1. A man noted for wisdom. 

2. An unclean beast. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 141 

SCRIPTURE EXIGMA, No. 59. 

Ill every clime, through every age, 
111 history's eventful page. 
My^/>'^ Avill always rise to view, 
And wakes our love and hatred too. 
My second and my third will each 
Express the self-same part of speech, 
And, though two interjections brief, 
jNIay paint a world of joy or grief. 
My whole most surely was my first: 
But far more brave and firm in faith, 
His wife a mighty patriot nursed, 
AVho noblv died a hero's death. 

SCRIPTURE EXIGMA, Xo. 60. 

Ixijinals and initials may be found 
The names of two, for beauty both renowned; 
The one, her days 'mid courtly splendors spent. 
The other, in a patriarch's lonely tent. 

1. Who did in ancient times that city found, 
In Jonah's history afterwards renowned ? 

2. Who with Agrippa, to the judgment hall, 

Came with great pomp, to hear the case of Paul ? 

3. Who thought to slay king David in the fight, 
But fell himself before Abishai's might ? 

4. Whose kindness to a prophet of the Lord, 
Met with a precious unforeseen reward ? 

5. Who did the Lord his vision bid to write. 
And make it plain that aU might read aright ? 

6. Who did a queen, although his near of kin. 
Deprive of office for her grievous sin ? 

7. AVho viewed his young oppon?nt with disdain, 
\ X by ih it stripling's hand was quickly slain? 



142 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

SCRIPTURE EXIGMA, No. 61. 

The letters constituting the following words, rearranged, will 
form the name of a murderer who fled from this country: — 

1. The father of the inventor of organs and harps. 

2. An organ built near Jordan. 

3. A man one of whose kindred rebuked a good man. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 62. 

The hiding-place of Jonathan and Ahimaaz. 

The prophet who w^as a herdman of Tekoah. 

Cain's grandson. 

The judge who succeeded Abimelech. 

The prophet who foretold the destruction of Edom. 

Hezekiah's name for the brazen serpent. 

The place where Samson slew the lion. 

Nehemiah's father. 

Aaron's wife. 

.The city whence Sennacherib's ambassadors came. 

The man of whom St. Paul says, ' ' He was not ashamed of my 
chain." 

The king of Syria who fought with Ahaz. 

The tribe omitted when the rest are enumerated in the Book 
of Revelation. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 63. 

Mjjirst is oft prefixed to words, 

And signifies "• beneath," 
My second's blessing is the Lord's, 

To save from sin and death; 
And planted oft on heathen soil, 
It well repa}s the gracious toil. 

When patient Job prepared his soul 

To bow beneath the rod. 
Without reserve he gave my wJwle 

To meet the will of God. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 143 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 61. 

To solve the following questions, 
Write numbers one to eleven in rote ; then bring 
The well-spent names of person, place, or thing. 

That answer these suggestions : — 

Nos. 1, 4, 5, 2, 8, 9— 

Range under these six letters 
The name of one found sitting next a throne, 
And riding second to the king alone ; 

His feet once galled with fetters. 

Nos. 2, 8, 9, 7, 6— 

Make that capacious measure, 
Viewed by the prophet as a woman's seat. 
Winged with the wind to her secure retreat. 

The land of power and pleasure. 

Nos. 3, 4, 5, 9, 2, 10— 

He last the sceptre wielded, 
Ere Israel's throne was humbled to the dust ; 
A king who vainly did in Egypt trust, 

And to Assyria yielded. 

Nos. 4, 5, 3, 2, 7— 

Through Canaan's utmost borders, 
Twelve chieftains journeyed to search out the land ; 
One name appears that did augmented stand 
Thenceforth, by Moses' orders. 

Nos. 5, 9, 10, 8,6, 7, 11— 

These show that prophet's father, 
Who twice received from Israel's mightv seer 
His fallen mantle. This will soon appear, 
When you these letters gather. 

Nos. 6, 2, 11, 3— 

Show from what race descended 
The man who owned and sold a field and cave. 
Where six illustrious strangers found a grave — 
By these four letters blended. 



144 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE 

Nos. 7, 5, 10, 8, 9— 

'Tis he, with song poetic, 
First of three seers, as ordered by the king ; 
And still his twelve sweet canticles we sing, 

In psalmody prophetic. 

Xos. 8, 7, 5, 2., 10, 9, and 8, 6, 7, 5, 2, 10, 9— 

From Babylon returning, 
Lo I twice recounted the Nethinims' bands ; 
What name, next Uzza, of these fathers' stands, 

Its varied form discerning ? 

Kos. 9, 4, 5, 7, 6— 

The bounds of Asher tracing. 
From Helkath to the sea-board, I require 
The name next following the strong city Tyre — 

These numbers rightly placing. 

Nos. 10, 1, 7, 9— 

From Seir the Horite springing, 
Behold the name of Zibeon's elder son, . 
Whose brother's daughter Jacob's brother won — 

These several numbers bringing. 

Nos. 11,4, 10,3— 

In Kohath's line ascending 
Count back from Samuel, of those sons of song 
Whom David set to lead the choral throng ; 
In Eliel's father ending. 

Behold his name completed, 
Who reigned in Ahab's days on David's throne ; 
By whom his righteous father's ways w*ere shown, 

And Judah's foes defeated. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 145 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 65. 

Swift of foot and fearless, 
Strong and terrible in fight, 

Great of heart and careless 
Of the glancing weapons bright ; 

Yet a thins: forbidden 

To be kept or ridden, 
By the people of the Lord, 
When the tribes of Israel warred. 

Mean, debased, and sordid. 
Sprung from a corrupted line ; 

Yet his name recorded, 
Shows an origin divine. 

Fragile now, and tender, 

Now in power and splendor, 
'Tis a paradox involved, 
'Tis a riddle unresolved. 

By the^/>'^ and second 
Must the ivhole be brought to light ; 

Strong in valor reckoned. 
Yet not seldom put to flight : 

Hark ! the battle rages — 

Host with host engages ! 
Yet the strong, the swift may yield. 
And the weak may win the field. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. m. 

Who prayed for death in dark despair ? 
To what did Christ himself compare ? 
What qneen was fairest of the fair? 

Now either way the initials place. 

And still the selfsame name they give 
Of one who sunk in deep disgrace. 
Did yet a glorious hope receive. 

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146 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 67. 

First name Ji cliief , the bitter foe 

Of Judali's Lord, and Jiidah's land. 
A river next, whose waters flow, 

By old Damascus' heathen strand. 
What did the Lord of Hosts o'erthrow, 

In pity to his chosen band? 
What w^ord is oft-times used to show 

The \vonders of his mighty hand ? 
Next mark the name first borne in youth, 

By one, who in the cause of truth, 
With manly courage risked his life. 

To still the murmuiing people's strife. 
And, last, his father's name set downi. 

Known only by that son's renown ; 

The initials form a monarch's name, 
Who, once a mighty empire swayed; 

Yet are his exploits lost to fame. 
And all his glory sunk in shade. 

His capt iin's name ih.Q finals tell. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 68. 

The letters in the answers to the following will, if rightly 
placed, form the name of a learned teacher : — 

1. One of the encampments of the Israelites w^here there 

'were wells of w^ater. 

2. A man who conspired against Abimelech, and was thrust 

out from the city where he had dwelt. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 69. 

Letters taken from the following give the name of a place 
wdiere a rich and good man, in the time of Christ, dwelt : — 

1. A leading man of the tribe of Naphtali, who was to 

*' stand with " Moses. 

2. A son of Tshmael. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS, 147 

SCRIPTURE EXIGMA, Xo. 70. 

Six letters spell th3 name of one who was early dedicated 
to God. These six letters are the initials of six proper names 
which we will describe as follows : — 

1. A quiet Prince. 4. A word whicli sealed the 

doom of an empire. 

2. An Eastern River. 5. A mighty man of valor. 

3. A priest of Baal. 6. A Levitical city. 

AYhen you have formed these six words, the mi.^ia/A' of which 
spell the name of one who was early dedicated to God. TJie 
final letters of these six words, either up or down^speli his 
mothsr's name. 

Who was the boy? Who was his mother? 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, Xo. 71. 

One of the names of Christ. 

The place to which he belonged who, together with Xico- 
deniLis, buried Jesus. 

A disciple whom. Peter raised from the dead. 

The fathsrof Achan. 

A river by th? bank of w^hich Daniel saw a vision. 

An inspired hsrdsm in. 

A proph3t3S5 w^ho endeavored to intimidate Xehemiah \\\\m 
enga-^'ed in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. 

One who stirred up a revolt against Paul at Eph^sus. 

One who for his godly zeal had an everlasting priesthood 
conferred on him and his } osterity. 

A king of Syria who drove the Jews from Elath. 

One of whom it was proverbiallv said in old times, tlr^v 
s^iall surely ask counsel at him and so end the matter. 

That which is good for a man to bear in his youth. 

The initials of the preceding words form a solemn admonition 
bv our vSaviour. 



148 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 72. 

What woman armies to the battle led ? 
In troubled times who gave God's prophet bread? 
Who told a lie, to please his thirst for gain ? 
Whose house the ho'y ark of God received ? 
Who early of her husband was bereaved ? 
Who felt a loving father's keenest pain ? 

In these inltla' letters find, 

A precept all our deeds to guide, 
That bids us think of others weal. 

And cast all thoughts of self aside. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 73. 

1. A name, the symbol of mere worldly gain ; 
To love it and love God — the attempt is vain. 

2. A vale Tobiah sought, with feigned alarm, 
To entrap there Nehemiah to his harm. 

3. A plain where building projects of proud aim, 

By heaven confounded, soon was brought to shame. 

4. A word of Christ, which ears fast chained unbound. 

5. For incense, jewels, gold, a land renowned. 

The inlt'dl; of these words read downward and tha finals 
upward and you have the names of two brothers. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 74. 

1. The first Duke on record. 

2. The mount on which Aaron died. 

3. Aaron's wife. 

4. An Apostle whom the Greeks took for their god Jupiter. 

5. The place whsre the Israelites murmured for water. 

6. The father of Moses. 

7. A ruler of the Jews, who secretly sought Jesus that he 
might be taught by him. 

8. A name given to Simon Peter. 

9. A prophet in the reign of King Asa. 

The initials form one of the names of our Lord. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 149 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 75. 

1. A foreigner, of royal herdsman, head, 

His tongue to lie, his hand blood swift to shed. 

2. Who, when his counsel was rejected, died. 
By his own hand, victim of wounded pride. 

3. Who ruled, when capfcive Judah left their land 
The remnant poor and died by treacherous hand. 

4. A seer, dissuading Israel (not in vain) 
In bonds their captive brethren to retain. 

5. Who, drunken, dared a warrior chief provoke 
His wife averting the avenging stroke. 

The word the initials form, an idol names, 

Made signally to prove Jehovah *s claim ; 

In prostrate shame his glory to display 

While through that land reigned trouble and dismay. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 76. 

1. A little plant which grows upon a wall. 

2. A tree of Bashan, strong and stout and tall. 

3. Those which once sheltered a sad captive race. 

4. In room of briars and thorns, this shall have place. 

5. In figure, said to flourish, when men fail. 

6. 'Mong presents, sent with Joseph to prevail. 

7. They camped by Elim's wells, its palms close by. 

8. When this puts forth its leaves, lo ! summer's nich. 

9. 'Tis in the wilderness, from dwelling far. 

10. Compared unto thy tens, thes3, Jacob, are. 

11. By God's power flourishing when all is low. 

12. A tree not known now by this name to grow. 

13. The desert wild shall blossom like to this. 

14. AU things were perfect in this land of bliss. 

15. On either side a river's brink it grew. 

16. He shall resemble this, whose life's untrue. 

17. Thus often, thoushalt tithe thj fields and land. 

18. Egyptian corn not smitten by Almighty hand. 



150 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

19. This tree was asked o'er other trees to reign. 

20. That which once budded, when man's words were vain. 

21. No Nazarite with vow might eat of these. 

22. Christ saw Zaccheus, passing 'neath this tree. 

He that hath eyes to see, and heart to love, 
Will quickly guess the initials writ above ; 
For day by day the earth repeats the same, 
And bids us laud and magnify His name. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 77. 

1. Who life and pardon for her nation won ? 

2. The name of noble Samuel's eldest son. 

3. Who lost his two sons in a single day ? 

4. A king who captive led the Jews away. 

5. An emperor to whom the world belonged. 

6. A king who prayed and had his life prolonged. 

7. Assyria's scornful messenger of pride. 

8. The seer whose message all his threats defied. 

9. Who curst King David as in grief he fled ? 

10. Who scarce believed Christ risen from the dead? 

11. A man who lost, but got again his sight. 

12. What S\rian had a dream from God at night ? 

13. Who brought on all mankind increasing woe ? 

14. A captain swift of foot as a young roe. 

15. A mighty judge betrayed by woman's art. 

16. What man did rashly with his birtli -right part r 

17. A noble monarch, warrior, poet, seer. 

18. Who would not let King David taste his cheer ? 

19. A man who served the Lord in Ahab's court. 

20. The place from which the finest gold was brought ? 

21 A faithful Archite, to King David dear. 

22 Who said his wife was not his wife, through fear? 

23. From wdiom did Jesus seven devils cast ? 

24. The brother Joseph kept and bound so fast. 

25. Who quickly for Rebecca water drew ? 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 151. 

26. The famous mount where stately cedars grow. 

27. Who iu liis prisoner no evil found ; 

And knew him innocent, yet left him bound? 

B}^ these initials you will plainly see, 

To live like Christ, unselfish we must be. 

SCRIPTURE EXIGMA, No. 78. 

1. "What good physician was Paul's loving friend ? 

2. A place to which, for gold, they used to send ? 

3. What tree did Jesus with himself compare ? 

' 4. The vale whence finest fruits the spies did bear ? 

5. How oft might man a^^proach the holy place ? 

6. His house where God's ark rested for a space ? 

7. Whom did God smite because he touched the ark ? 

8. Who, old and wise men's counsels would not mark ? 

9. A holy man of God who never died ? 

10. Who sought his coming unto Christ to hide 

11. An Israelitish king, by Zimri slain. 

12. Who over Judah reigned the longest reign ? 

13. Whom did his son deceive when old and w^eak ? 

14. What prophet dumb became, and could not speak ? 

15. Who owed to woman's wise advice his fall, 
His head thrown lifeless from the city wall? 

If men obeyed this precept more, 
There soon would be an end of war ; 
For love would bid contention cease, 
And give to all the nations peace. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 79. 

1. The pious mother of an eminent Christian pastor. 

2. A king who records the prophecy taught him by bis 
mother. 

3. A stranger and an exile, but a faithful friend. 

4. A people who dwelt in the mountains of Canaan. 



152 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

5. An idol to which the heathen burnt their children in the 
fire. 

6. The father of a bitter enemy of the Jews. 

The initials and finals give the names of two prophets in 
Israel. 

» 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 80. 

1. A woman who guarded the bodies of seven slain men. 

2. A queen who was good and beautiful. 

3. A Roman emperor who trembled under the reasoning of 
Paul. 

4. A li-orned and untamable animal never used for sacrifice. 

5. A climbing tree of rapid growth, under which the pi'ophet 
Jonah once sat. 

6. The name given to fierce wind mentioned in Acts. 

The initials give that which Christ promised believers in time 
of trouble. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 81. 

1. Word that God alone can claim. 

2. A slave who won a dearer name. 

3. A holy woman raised to life. 

4. A man who took a gleaner wife. 

5. A feast of triumph after pain. 

6. The robe that martyr myriads gain. 

7. The name that •' laughter " doth express. 

8. A bishop charged to faithfulness. 

9. A counsellor and faithful friend. 

10. A thing once yours, for ever gone. 

11. A name of Christ that means " the end." 

12. The light from Aaron's breastplate thrown. 

In these initials doth there lie, 
The full form of the word good-by. 



SCBIPTURE ENIGMAS. 153 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 82. 

1. The first military captain on record. 

2. One who interceded with the king for the release of the 
prophet Jeremiah, when he lay in the dungeon of a prison. 

'6. The first man who was called a Hebrew. 

4. The name given b.y Jesus to Simon when j)resented l)y 
Andrew\ 

5. An encampment of the Israelites where were twelve wells 
of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees. 

The initials form the legacy Christ left his disciples. 
SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 83. 

1. The founder of Samaria. 

2. A prophet who was imprisoned because his predicti-on w^as 
displeasing to the king. 

3. A distinguished soldier, and one in high favor with his 
king, yet who was afflicted with a horrible disease. 

4. A son of Saul who was murdered in his bed. 

5. A base time-server, who cursed King David in his adver- 
sity, and fawned upon him in prosperity. 

6. Naomi's second son. 

7. The town to which Paul and Barnabas w^ent when driven 
from Antioch in Pisidia. 

8. A village to which the disciples were going when Jesus 
joined them after his resurrection. 

9. One who, according to the laws of Mosaic economy, sepa- 
rated himself unto the Lord by a vow^ 

10. The disciple who, not recognizing the risen Saviour, re- 
lated to him the circumstances of his ow^n death and burial. 

11. A prophet whom the Jews expected would reappear upon 
earth. 

The initials form one of the incommunicable attributes 

of the Deity. 

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154 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 84. 

1. Sweet home! from whence the feet of Jesus sped, 

With tender sympathy to raise the dead. 

2. 'Twas Rezin's mighty king this city chose, 

To give Syria, driving thence her foes. 

3. From out these vineyards came a lion wild, 
In angry rage, Against Manoah's favor 'd child. 

4. AVithin this city's walls they mourned for shame, 
When evil tidings of Damascus came. 

5. An aged patriarch, ere he closed his life, 
Bade his loved son go seek from thence a wife. 

6. Oh ! woe was thine, for those who dwelt in thee, 
Through Israel's sword, entered captivity. 

7. This city of the Jews, in peace he trod. 

Waiting in faith the kingdom of his God. 

8. There the disciples saw their risen Lord, 

And worshipped Him, though not with one acc(n'd. 

9. "Go to this land," he said, " there corn to buy; 
Hasten, my sons, or we shall surely die.*' 

Nearing Jerusalem, to this place they came. 
(My nine initial letters tell its name), 
Where Jesus bade his two disciples speed, 
To loose a colt, and say, the Lord hath need; 
Thine mighty God, is all on land and sea; 
Yet w^onderous love ! the Lord has need of thee. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 85. 

1. A teacher of the church of Antioch who ministered to 
the Lord. 

2. A man who is mentioned by one of the apostles as being 
" subject to like passions as we are." 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 155 

3. A wick?d man who tried to prevent Paul from converting 
a deputy. 

4. A man of Benjamin, whose son was a choice young man 
and goodly. 

5. The time when it is good for a man to bear the yoke. 

6. One AT ho was said to be the first fruits of Achaia unto 
Christ. 

7. A man who wrote one of Paul's epistles. 

8. A hill where David once hid. 

0. One of the boundaries of King Ahasueru?/ kingdom. 

10. One of three women, who were fairer than any in the 
land. 

11. A son of Amoz, who wrote a book. 

12. A woman whose name signified pleasant. 

13. A man who received a visit from an angel, while thresh- 
ing corn. 

14. One of the kings of Chaldea of the seed of the ]Medes. 

15. A Moabitess, who married a man of the seed of the 
Ephrathites. 

16. The name of a relation of a leader of the Jews. 

17. A prophet to whom the Lord sent a vision concerning 
Kdom. 

18. One of the governors of Csesarea. 

19. One of the chief cities of the Philistines. 

20. A place where the children of Israel pitched. 

21. The wife of Felix. 

The initial letters of the answers to the above questions give 
a Scripture exhortation of the highest importance. 

SCEIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 86. 

An element sometimes used as a symbol of the Holy Ghost. 
The place to which he belonged who, together with Xico- 
demus, buried Christ. 

A disciple whom Peter raised from the dead. 

The father of Achan. 

A river by the banks of which Daniel saw a vision. 



156 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

An inspired herdman. 

A prophetess who endeavored to intimidate Nehemiah when 
engaged in rebuilding the well of Jerusalem. 

One who stirred up a revolt against Paul at Ephesus. 

One who, for his godly zeal, had conferred upon him and 
his posterity an everlasting priesthood. 

A king of Syria who drove the Jews from Elath. 

A place of w^hich it was proverbially said, in old time, *' They 
shall surely ask counsel, and so end the matter." 

That which is good for a man to bear in his youth. 

The initials of the above words form a solemn admonition 
giren by our Saviour. 

SCRIP TURK ENIGMA, No. 87. 

1. The son of Piiineas. 

2. A city in CLMitral Palestine 

3. A name borne by one of the children of Anak. 

4. One of th3 sons of Ashur. 

5 An h3rb named by our Lord. 
6. Th3 builder of Jericho. 

The ifiitial.-i ?ind finals give the names of two great prophets. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 88. 

1. A doubter. 

2. A proud courtier. i 

3. A scribe. 

4. A king who remembered his mother's teachings. 

5. The first judge of Israel. 

6. A foolish young man. 

7. A heathen king who acknowledged the power of the true 
God. 

8. A king's son who was murdered in his bed. 

9. One who tried craft to hinder a good work. 

10. One who w^ished to entertain an angel. 

11. A burden, which, when Christ's, is easy and light. 

12. A selfish nephew. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 157 

13. The assassin of one of Nebuchadnezzar's governors. 

14. One who suffered for avarice and untruthfulness. 

15. A man whose wife was more famous than himself. 

16. A king of Assyria, at the time Pekah king of Israel. 

The initials give a saying of the Psalmist expressing faith 
and joy. 

SCRIPTURE EN'IGMA, No. 89. 

One who, when the evil deeds he subsequently committed 
were foretold by the prophet, was horrified at the recital. 

One whose covetousness was punished with death. 

One ** who through faith subdued kingdoms." 

A man who, when a woman threw a stone upon his head, 
begged his armor-bearer to slay him, that he might escape the 
reproach of being killed by a woman. 

The city of waters. 

The initials of the preceding words form the name of the first 
person on record to whom an angel appeared. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 90. 

1. To what doth God compare His holy Word ? 

2. What did a refuge to our race afford? 

3. From whence was Paul compelled in haste to fly? 

4. A city famed for cloth of choicest dye. 

5. The haven where we all desire to go. 
Reserved for those w^ho serve t'leir Lord below. 

If these initials side by side you place. 
You find what strengtliens every Christian grace ; 
What doth this worlJ of pomp and sin o'ercome. 
And give us power to i-each our heavenly home. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 91. 

1. That to which the trial of faith is compared. 

2. That by which the Lord confirmed his promise to 
Abraham. 



158 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

3. The wages of sin. 

4. He who, according to Solomon, '' shall suffer hunger." 

5. An emblem to which our Saviour likens the righteous. 

6. The mystic form in which the Saviour was seen bv John 
in the Apocalyptic vision. 

7. An animal with whic'i Israel is unfavorably contrasted; 
for even the dumb beast knoweth its owner. 

8. Tliat which at the crucifixion was torn asunder, as a sign 
that the Mosaic economy was superseded. 

0. The bird to wdiich David compared Saul and Jonathan in 
his lamentations for their death. 

The initials form a statement which fills the heart of him 
who realizes it with adoration and joy. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 92. 

1. The name of one connected with another — 

The eldest born of a great patriarch's brother. 

2. In peace and purity her life was past, 
Till entered sin, and sorrow came at last. 

3. His daughters an inheritance w^as given, 
Because a son had been denied by Heaven. 

4. The mother of a minist4r of truth, 

Who knew the sacred Scriptures from his youth. 

5. They failed him in the day of his distress, 

When sickness came, and none stood by to bless. 

6. Faithful and true where'er the king might be, 
A stranger in a foreign land was he. 

7. The thing his mother valued most he took, 

And straightway burnt, by Kidron's peaceful brook. 

8. This man is known under two separate names; 
He glorified his Maker in the flames. 



SCRIPTURAL ENIG}fAS, 159 

My Jinal letters of a sovereign tell 

Who lost his eyesight when Jerusalem fell ; 

And my initials form another name, 

To whom, in prayer, a gracious answer came. 

Both bent in patience 'neath the chastening rod ; 

So must our wills before the will of God. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 94. 

The physician beloved by St. Paul. 

The name which signifies ^' a prince of God." 

The tree used as a figure of Christ and His people. 

The place where there was twelve wells and seventy palm- 
trees. 

The Church that ministered to St. Paul when he was in 
Thessalonica. 

" A ready scribe in the law of Moses." 

The prophet w^hose words w^ere quoted by St. James, in his 
address to the apostles and elders at Jerusalem. 

The province in which St. Paul was born. 

T'le son of Josiah whose name was changed to Jehoiakim. 

The captain of SauPs host. 

The mother of Solomon. 

The tribe that left the kingdom of Israel for that of Judah. 

That time when it is good for a man to bear the yoke. 

The initial letters of these riames compose a precept which, 
if obeyed, would cause " wars to cease " 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No 95. 

1. On Lebanon, the trees of God, 

The stately cedars, grew; 
What strength supplied them as they stood, 
And made their beauties new ? 

2. What sends the Lord of Nature forth 

In morsels from the frozen north ? 



160 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE 

3. Where did the blessed Saviour rest, 

When to God's holy law 
He gave the meaning, ever blest, 
But never knew bofore. 

4. What word will give the sacred three 

Their unity and Trinity ? 

5. When torn with anguish and distress, 

God's ready help we crave, 
What simple word may best express 

He is at hand to save, 
And will attend the humble prayer, 
And soothe the mourner's weary care ? 

The initial letters of tlr^se words combine, 
A great apostle's namo will rise to view. 

And if the finals we proceed to find. 

We then shall gain his chosen surname, too. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 96. 

That which Saul called David, when dissuading him from 
encountering Goliath. 

The father of Bathsheba. 

The city to which Demas went when he forsook St. Paul. 

The place where ^imri " slew his master." 

The father of Milcah. 

The native land of Ebedmelech. 

The woman who was " justified by works." 

The mother of David's sixth son. 

The materials of which Jabin's chariots were made. 

The ruler who was beaten before Gallio's judgment-seat. 

The father of the man to whom Jehu displayed his zeal. 

The rival of Tibni. 

The child whose grandmother was his nurse. 

The first word written on the wall of Belshazzar's palace. 

The initials of these words make a sentence in one of the 
parables which suggests that the day of grace is not yet past. 



SCRIPTURAL EXIGMAS. 161 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, Xo. 97. 

1. The witness-stone tha.t kinsman raised 
On Gilead's mount on solemn day. 

2. Wlience came the spoilers whom the sword 

Of God and Gideon swept away ? 

3. A hill where outlaws spared a king, 
And foes were quickly turned to friends. 

4. A warrior, whom, with change of name, 
His chieftain on employment sends, 

5. Once nigh to perish ; of twelve sons 
The father, and of mighty race. 

6. A city whence invaders driven, 

In mourning seek Jehovah's grace. 

7. Where o'er the pain the idol reared 
Its height, and martyrs God revered. 

8. Unrighteous judge, degenerate child; 
Brief was the rule his sin dej&led. 

Th' initials and ihejinals show 
A loyal friend, a traitorous foe; 
Over a royal head they strive, 
And one departeth not alive ; 
The latter justly death overtakes, 
The former gratitude forsakes. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 98. 

1. A captain and a murderer. 

With sword he smote and perished so. 

2. Foolish, while seeking to be wise, 

Tempted and tempting, wrought she woe. 

3. Eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard, 

AVhat else, but this we know '• remaineth." 

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162 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

4. God's priest, with too compliant art, 

A kiiig-'s idolatry sustaiiiath. 

5. Prince of the sons of Simeon 

In their appointed place. 

6. Title of "• the Jews^ enemy,'' 

That marked his God cm'sed race, 

7. A city '' quiet, and secure," 

Till swift in ruin buried. 

8. A Jewess of true Christian faith, 

To Grecian husband married. 

9. Where the angels of God a wanderer met, 

Like a guardian camp around him set. 

Th' initials and i\\Q finals show 

Tw^o cities great and small; 

The first a king'dom's capital, 
Rich w^ith all bsauty, bright with history's glow ; 
The second honored more, in power less, 
Little, yet not the least, royal in humbleness. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 99. 

1. The first country visited by St. Pau-l after his conversion. 

2. Saul's eldest daughter. 

3. A judge of Israel during eight years. 

4. A town of Crete, by which St. Paul passed. 

5. The pos.^ession of the children of Lot. 

The initictls and the finals give the names of two captains 
unlike in birth and S3rvice, alike in their end. 

SCRIPrURE ENIGMA, No. 100. 

The city where Amaziah w^as slain. 

The country which w^as a general resort in time of famine. 
The rival of Omri. 

The w^ord which signifies '' Thou art weighed in the balances 
and art found wanting." 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 183 

The man who is emphatically called 'Hhe Jews' enemy." 

The prophet who foreto'd the death of Aliab and Jezebel. 

The mother whose love for her children, when they were 
dead, is without earthly parallel. 

Sennacherib's successor. 

The man whom God appointed to utter destruction. 

The king of Moab whom Israel served eighteen years. 

The tribe which w^as set apart to bear the ark of the cove- 
nant. 

The prophet who foretold the discomfiture of Sennacherib. 

The mountain where Saul was slain. 

The father of the prophet Jehu. 

The king of Assyria w^ho distressed Ahaz. 

The initial letters of these names form a command which 
illustrates in the most sublime manner the powder of God. 



SCKIPTUEE ENIGMA, No. 101. 

The man who brought David before Saul with Goliath's 
head in his hand. 

The disciple whose surname was Thaddeus. 

The city w^here St. Paul was when the inhabitants attempted 
to worship him. 

The King of Heshbon. 

The man w^ho said, " I will not eat till I have told mine 
errand." 

The first born son of Seth. 

The place where the spies were sent. 

Absalom's daughter. 

The woman who ^' lent her child to the Lord." 

The prophet who was told to anoint Hazael king. 

The band to which Cornelius belonged. 

'^ The city of waters." 

The country to w^hich Jehoshaphat attempted to send ships 
for gold. 



164 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

The place where Jonathan found honey. 

The city where the angel appeared to the Virgin Mary. 

The initiallQiiev^ of these words show the universal selfishness 
of human nature. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 102. 

That which is the Christian's reproach and yet his glory. 

That which is a burden to be carried, and yet as wings to 
beai' him along. 

That which upon his forehead, is either the badge of Christ's 
soldier, or the brand of the deserter-may be discovered by the 
last letters of the following words: 

1. One who digged again the wells of his father, which the 
enemy had stopped. 

2. The mountain in which Esau dwelt. 

3. A King of Egypt whose name consists of two letters. 

4. The head of a household baptized by St. Paul. 

5. The name of the Apostle who took the place of the traitor 
Judas. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 103. 

1. Fii'st name a woman whose heroic faith 
Saved all his kindred from impending death. 

2. A proposition next proceed to find, 
Two words of gracious invitation joined. 

3. Who judged God's people three-and-twenty years? 

4. Who Abraham's brother's first born son appears? 

ThQ final letters form the name of one 
Who was that first heroic woman's son. 
The initials give his name (his willing brides) 
Who was to her near kinsman first allied. 
Both bride and mother came of heathen race, 
Yet both were honored with special grace. 



SCRIPTURE EXIGMAS, 165 

From tliem not kings alone may trace their birth, 
lUit one far greater than the kings of earth. 
AVhen God vonchsafed to take our mortal frame, 
Him as their child may both these woman claim. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 104. 

Into what '' parts " \Yas Jesus led, 
What time he had four thousand fed? 

And what was Paul, by birth, that he 
Should be from bonds and scourges free ? 

What epithet was once applied 
To him who Israel's host defied. 

To Dura's plain the grandees go, 
Their seventh high rank and title show. 

Through what \vas Christ, Pilate led, 
*' Denied " and "killed " as Peter said ? 

Who is that king w^ho gave the word, 
That he had from his mother heard ? 

Jezreel and Lo-ruhamah — tell 
Their young brother's name as w^ell. 

What " King of Kings" of mighty fame 
To Ezra wrote ? Take half his name. 

With care and diligence combined. 
An answ^er to each question find. 

Write down each name of subject next, 
And prove it from the sacred text. 

The first and final letters scanned. 
Behold ! two names conjunctive stand. 

One was a Jewess, one her lord. 
Who heard a Roman prisoner's word. 



1G6 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

He said, though trembling, ^' Go thy way; 
I'll hear thee more another day.'^ 

Like him, alas ! too many hear, 
But their obedient faith defer. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 105. 

When Ruth had gleaned the field all day, 
She threshed and bore my first away 
To where the good Naomi dwelt, 
And eased the care the master felt. 

When Barek fought and Sisera fled, 

My second came into his head; 

By Jael forcibly suggested, 

And Deborah's song the deed attested. 

When Paul was in Damascus kept, 
My third conveyed him while they slept, 
That so he might escape their hand. 
And safely reach his fatherland, 

Divide in halves these terms rehearsed. 
And of their sections take the first; 
Then with due care combine the same. 
And you shall find a good man's name. 

With Paul at Lystra see him now — 
They hail him Jupiter ! and bow ; 
But soon they drive, with changed opinion, 
The apostles forth from their dominion. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 106. 

Go to the land of Uz ; that tried one see ; 
Ask for his second daughter — lo ! 'tis she. 

Go to that mighty man, the third of three ; 
Ask for the Hararits — behold ! 'tis he. 



SCRIPTURE ENIG.UAS. 167 

Go to Shusham, a proud man's sons there be; 
Ask for the second, and behold ! 'tis he. 

Go to your tent; the childless patriarch see; 
Ask for his steward, and b?hold! 'tis he. 

Go to Jerusalem; David's children see; 
Ask for Bathshua's eldest — lo ! 'tis he. 

Go down where Moses and his people be; 
Ask for the son of Ragnel — lo ! 'tis he. 

The initials down, thejinals upward trace, 
And lol the scsne of Israel's dire disgrace. 

God said, " Go up, possess the land! '* 
But they drew back from his command. 

There they rebelled. Through unbelief they fell. 
If we their said example shun, 'tis well; 

We too ai'e called a rest to win, 
But only faith shall enter in. 

SCRIPTUBE ENIGMA, Xo. 107. 

The father of Shimei. 

The man who took Kirjath-Sepher. 

The wife who delivered her husband into the hands of his 
enemies. 

A servant in the house of John surnamed Mark, 

The only one of our great religious festivals that is men- 
tioned in the Bible. 

The name of the palace of Artaxerxes. 

The place to which Paul and Barnabas came when they were 
expelled from Antioch in Pisidia. 

Tlie wilderness between Elim and Sinai. 

The birth place of St. Paul. 

The man who in the most ungodly age of the world prophe- 
sied of the coming of the Lord w^ith all his Saints. 

An impostor who collected 400 followers, but was eventually 
slain. 



1G8 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

The place which was built seven years before Zoaii. 

The place " whose merchants " were princes and "whose 
traffickers " w^ere "the honorable of the earth." 

Th'3 king of eTiidah who broke the brazen serpent in pieces. 

The tribe to w.iich Joshua belonged. 

Th^ man to whom Michal was given when Saul took her 
fi-om David. 

A mother who taught her son tieceit. 

The governor of Ahab's house. 

The king of Judah who was struck with leprosy. 

A mother in Israel. 

The initials of these names or words form a statement show- 
ina: lis God's estimation of a sin the world thinks lio'htlv of. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 108. 

Three prophets' names suggest, 
Whose minor rank their words attest, 
With brevity expressed. 

The first his vision told 

Of Nineveh, renowned of old, 

To wrath and vengeance sold. 

With long foretokened gloom, 
The second published Esau's doom, 
Whom Joseph should consume. 

In Jotham's days the third, 

To Salem brought Jehovah's word, 

And all Samaria heard. 

' Divide each several name, 
And the first syllables proclaim, 
A widowed matron's fame. 

From Bethlehem's fertile plain, 
She did a pilgrim's toil sustain, 
Then flourished there asrain. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS, 169 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 109. 

A people who wept through unbelief in God's power to deliver. 

A place where came destroying fire : 

Another name for prophet. 

The name of one to whom a certain leader said, " Thou may- 
est be tons instead of eyes." 

A handsome but rebellious young man. 

One who heard the gospel by a river-side. 

An Evangelist who travelled with the Apostle St. Paul. 

A place where lived one who forgot all care when listening to 
words of Jesus. 

A valley around which Paul and his army gathered for battle. 

What is better than rubies ? 

The name of one who &aw wonderful visions by a river-side. 

A son of Jacob and Leah. 

The father of Noah. 

Who journeyed far, carrying gifts to an infant ? 

The youth who nearly perished when cast out into the wilder- 
ness. 

A mountain of Palestine. 

Another mountain where God gave the Law to Moses. 

The city of a woman who sold " purple." 

One of the sons of Eli. 

An ancient river whose name means " good and abounding." 

A woman who tended sheep. 

A patriarch who was deceived by his own son. 

One afflicted through life for deceit and lying, 

A king who watched a sun-dial with great anxiety. 

A city over which Hiram once reigned. 

A man of Bethlehem^ Judah, who went to sojourn in Moabin 
times of famine. 

A prophet who proclaimed the doom of Edom. 

A sacred emblem worn by Aaron. 

A word of gladness in the song of the redeemed. 

The initials of these words give a truth known to those who 
place their trust in Christian righteousness. 
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170 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 110. 

Name the awful mystery worn 
By the priest on holy morn. 

Who delighted in the Lord 

When she proved how true his word? 

Whose whole family was blest 
AYhen he took the ark in rest? 

By what river dreamed the seer \ 

Scenes of many a distant year? 

On what sea though lacking rest, 
Jesus walked, God manifest? 

Where the deadly angel stayed ? 
Who a mighty man betrayed? 

Whom did Peter doom to death? 
Name the son of righteous Seth? 

Seek the town his cousin built? 
Who the blood of thousands spilt ? 

Who through Peter lived once more ? 
With the poor she lived before ? 

Name the land of Reuel's well ! 
And the vale where Giant fell? 

A truth lies here that we must prove I 
Like the poor outcast — may it be in love I 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 111. 

The people to whom Joseph was sold. 

Jesse's second son. 

The mother of Asa. 

The place where the wise woman lived who interceded with 
David for Absalom. 

The prophet whose writings contain these words, " The just 
shall live by his faith." 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 171 

The counsellor who forsook David for Absalom. 

The city where Lydia lived. 

One of Saul's sons " who reigned for two dire years over 
Israel." 

The place to which Abiathiar was banished by Solomon. 

The prophet whose words the Angel Gabriel quoted in his 
interview with Jacharias. 

The initials of the above words give the Divine name as de- 
clared in the words from heaven. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 112. 

Where first did David seek his promised crown ? 
Who won his wdf e by capturing a town ? 
Where fled a man before his brother's threat ? 
Who in a desert land three monarchs met ? 
W^ho seeking Canaan died upon the way? 
Who killed his ma,ster that in sickness lay ? 
Name w^here an exiled king in sorrow trod, 
Whose son in cunninof service WTOuq:ht from God ? 
What prince was slain at noon upon his bed ? 
Say at whose threshing floor a priest fell dead. 
Where first did Israel eat of Canaan's corn ? 
What son to Boaz was in gladness born ? 
Who sought to turn Paul's teaching into scorn ? 

Learn with the Psalmist, from w^hose w^ords we borrow, 
To serve the Lord and trust him for the morrow. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 113. 

An Edomite who w^as an adversary to Solomon. 
The birthplace of ApoUos. 
The city which St. Paul said he " must see." 
The plain w^here the golden image was set up. 
The valley where David slew Goliath. 
Jeroboam's successor. 



172 CUIIIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

The prophet that was honored by being left out of Adon- 
ijah's counsels. 

The prophet who forbade the children of Israel to make 
slaves of their brethren. 

St. Paul's secretary w4ien he wrote to the Romans. 

A word which is typical of dominion. 

The sixth son of Jesse. 

1'he man wdiom David killed w^ith the sword of the children 
of Amnion. 

The place w^here Amalek first fought with Israel. 

Manasseh's mother. 

The word which signifies ^' be opened." 

The woman given to Joseph to wdfe. 

The woman commended in the New Testament, both for 
faith and w^orks. 

The Ephesian in w^hose school St. Paul disputed. 

The people who carried off Job's oxen and asses. 

Now take the initials^ and you have my whole. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 114. 

1. What prophet, sent by God's own voice, 
Forced on a king a dreadful choice ? 

2. The place by Jacob Bethel named — 
For evil afterwards so famed. 

3. A righteous man who feared the Lord, 
And saved his prophets from the sword. 

4. A king of Syria, Judah's bane, 
And by Tiglath-Pileser slain. 

5. How oft did Jephthah's friends bemoan, 
The vow that made his daughter lone? 

6. A place where Jephthah's dwelt, 

And Pharaoh's powerful sway was felt. 

7. A house that God profusely blest, 
Because his ark in it did rest. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS, 173 

8. What city did King Asa found, 
When he razed Kamah to the ground? 

9. A house by Paul beloved, whose head, 
As far as we can tell, was dead. 

10. A nurse who after death was laid, 
Beneath a mighty oak-tree's shade. 

In these initials you may find 
What's due to God from all mankind. 

The initials of the above names (or words) form a caution 
given to the Jewish nation by David and repeated by St. Paul. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, Xo. 115. 
An Easter Acrostic. 

The first of men who made and tasted wine. 
He foretold the fall of Edom's line. 
That which is due to none but God alone. 
A judge, of whom but little now is known. 

The place o'er which an ancient priest was king. 

A town that oft Jesu's words did ring. 

A prophet at the time of the return. 

People from w^hom God told the Jews to learn. 

A Gittite chieftain of King David's host. 
Assyria's king, so fond of foolish boast. 
An Ammonite who greatly vexed the Jews. 
The place where Joshua Amalek subdues. 

A son of Saul most treacherously slain. 
A Seer who prayed for thunderings and rain. 
The " stone of help" that Samuel once set up. 
The man who handed Artaxerxes' cup. 

A man who trembled at the words he heard. 
The place where Samuel dwelt and was interred. 



174 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

King Elah's chief who reigned a wicked reign. 
A priest of Baal in his temple slain. 

An orator who once accused Paul. 

An envious man who compassed his own fall. 

A man who rescue from a prophet sought. 

A place from which the prophet he was brought. 

An altar which at Shalem Jacob made. 

A man who stole and dearly for it paid. 

He who tries hard in sin to snare the soul. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 116. 

** An eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures. '* 
A woman of Athens who believed St. Paul's preaching. 
The god of the Philistines. 
The governor of the west of the Euphrates. 
The man whose threshing-floor was the site of the Temple. 
A manufacture imported by Solomon from Europe. 
The prophet who foretold the destruction of Edom. 
Job's native land. 

One of the wells that Isaac's servants dug in Zeror. 
The successor of Felix. 
A '- fellow soldier " of St. Paul. 
A giant slain by Abishai. 
The name of the tenth month. 
The mother of Adonijah. 
A type of the house of Israel. 

The land that was made desolate as a punishment for rejoic- 
ing at the desolation of Israel. 
The father of Hobab. 

A king of Ilamoth who sent presents to David. 
A king of Judah in whose reign there was an earthquake. 
The descendants of Esau. 

The initials of the above names (or words) form a receipt 
which shows us that " faith without work is dead." 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS, 175 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 117. 

1. Who through faith had sight restored? 

2. Who through scorn lost sight deplored? 

3. Seek from whence an angel went, 
Warning Israel to repent. 

4. Where did sudden waters play? 

5. Where did waters heaped, delay? 

6. Where was once an image raised. 
Which a mighty nation praised. 

7. Who to Gerar went for food ? 

8. Who a sinnino' kins^ withstood ? 

9. Who, when bribed, refused his aid. 

1 0. Who the temple vessels made ? 

1 1 . What Moabite ruled Israel ? 
V2. Where did Paul a cripple heal ? 
13. Who in camp received a crown ? 
II. Name Elkanah's native town. 
15. Where did one, a Syrian king, 

Vainly send a seer to bring ? 

Find the initials and they will recall 
The lessons of the mercies given to all. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 113. 

1. Where in the Temple, with sad delay. 

Did the Lord's glory in departing stay ? 

2. Whose wicked scheme against a captive race, 

Procured his death of terrible disoTace ? 

3. Name from what prophet Paul essayed to prove, 
That God would call the Gentiles in his love ? 

4. Who through his wife, by Matthew is embraced 
Among the names by which Christ's birth is traced? 

5. Who would have killed the Baptist in her spite? 

6. Who wished to slay a sleeping king by night ? 

7. Who through his land the pilgrim host forbade? 

8. Then say what Micah with ephod made? 



176 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

9. What power did Peter say came not of man 

10. What warlike king the Temple did profane? 

11. Whose merchants were called princes by the seer? 
In burning words they were too proud to fear. 

12. What place remembered with a ghastly name, 
Is linked for ever with a deed of shame? 

13. From whence did Machir much provisions bring 
To cheer the heart of his desponding king? 

14. Upon what mountain did an altar rise, 
To burn a large and varied sacrifice ? 

The initials and finals discovered will prove a fond recog- 
nition of measureless love. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 119. 

The man who was full of the '* spirit of wisdom." 

The city which worshipped Baalzebub. 

One of the five kings of Midian who wa^ slain in conse- 
quence of the idolatiy of Baal-peor. 

A country famed for its wisdom. 

The man to whom David showed kindness for Jonathan's 
sake. 

The ruler of the half tribe of Manasseh in the reign of 
David. 

The emblem of industry. 

The place where Israel defeated Arad the Canaanite. 

The initials of the above names (or w^ords) give the name of 
a prophet who was also a priest ; ihQ finals the name of the city 
where he dwelt. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 120. 

1. One who received the blessed gift of sight 

From Him who came to be the world's true light. 

2 What priest of God with all his sons were slain 
The f .ivor of a tyrant king to gain ? 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 177 

3. What people did their fathers' law obey, 
From ancient times until the prophet's day? 

4. To what great city was a prophet sent, 
Whose people with contrite grief repent ? 

5. Whence came that mighty host, by angels slain, 
To prove that God o'er all the earth doth reign? 

6. What beauteous sign was placed the earth above, 
Emblem of God's sure truth and love ? 

7. To what lone land did holy Paul retreat, 
To make himself by his high office meet? 

8. What monarch o'er a mighty realm had sway, 
And bore the tribes of Israel far away? 

If the initials side by side you place, 

You'll find the name of one renowned for grace. 

His name, the comfort that he brought, will show, 

To those that were in trouble and in woe. 

He gladly gave up ail that he possessed, 

To aid the church of Christ, when sore distressed. 

He was among the first of those who bore 

The gospel light to many a heathen shore. 

Oh ! may we imitate his works of love. 

And share with him in glorious joys above. 

SCRIPTUKE ENIGMA, No. 121. 

Kebekah's nurse. 

A river of Damascus. 

The priest of Baal in the reign of Athaliah . 

A friend of St. Paul who was a tentmaker. 

The father of Boaz. 

The messenger who was despatched to David with tidings of 
Absalom's death. 

An Israelite who lost his life on a dav of ereat national 
rejoicing. 

The name which means " princess." 

12 



178 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

The initials of the above words form the name of the city in 
whose outskirts occured the most wonderful consecration on 
record; the Jinals give the Jewish name of Shachach. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 122. 

1. A holy woman famed for works of love. 

2. The saint who was first called to heaven above. 

3. Who led a king his fearful love to see? 

4. AVho from his childhood home was forced to flee? 

5. From whence with mighty signs was Israel brought? 

6. AVhat king was by his mother's wisdom taught ? 

In the initials you may trace, 
A noble youth, who, by God's grace, 
Was not ashamed his faith to own, 
Before a heathen tyrant's throne. 

SCRIPTURE EXIGMA, No. 123. 

1. The most liberal contributor to the treasury of God. 

2. Jesse's second son. 

3. The place where God appeared to Samuel. 

4. Queen Esther's other name. 

5. The people who burned Ziklag with fire. 

6. The sister of Tubal Cain. 

7. The first city in which St. Paul preached Christ. 

8. The king of whom Ahab said " he is my brother.'^ 

9. The city where Tyrannus lived. 

10. The place where Nabal sheared his sheep. 

11. St. Paul's hostess at Philippi. 

12. Hagar's native land. 

13. The prince who raised a monument to his own memory. 

14. The idol in whos^ temple Sennacherib was slain. 

The initial letters of these words show the remedy prescribed 
to a great captain who was suffering imder a malady that only 
God could cure. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS, 179 

SCRIPTURE EKIGMA, ^o. 124. 

1. The great apostle of the Gentile race? 

2. The first man who in heaven found a place? 

3. A youthful Christian in God's law well read? 
5. The Lord's peculiar people by him led? 

5. One who his birthright for a trifle sold? 

6. An Israelite, indeed— one of Christ's fold? 

7. The promised land with milk and honey blest? 

8. A younger son by God beloved best? 

The tnitial letters take and you will find, 
One virtue of the lowly Christian mind. 

SCRIPTURE EXIGMA, Ko. 125. 

1. A wanderer guilty of his brother's blood? 

2. The father of the seer who saw the flood? 

3. 4. Cain's mother next, and then her husband take, 

5. Then one who mourned in heart for Zion's sake, 

6. A king w^hose sinning caused his early fall, 

7. And one who toiled with the Apostle Paul. 

8. Who wrote the long epistle unto Rome? 

9. What hill did hunted David m_ake his home ? 

10. What prophet pleaded for the captive race? 

11. What priest made altars for his monarch base? 

12. Who vainlv souo^ht to know an ans^el's name? 

13. What altar knew no sacrificial flame ? 

14. Who left a prisoner bound to please the Jews? 

15. What king did the council of the wise refuse? 

16. What city, famed, to Jos3ph gave a wife? 

17. What king, defeated, took a prince's life? 

18. W^ho smiled contemptuous at an angel's word? 

19. Whose bitter rage was calmed with flocks and herds? 

20. What pagan prince was God's anointed named? 

21. Whose family for temperance was famed? 

22. What well did Isaac yield to those who strove ? 

23. Who would his faith by actual vision prove ? 



180 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

24. From whom did Paul to Caesar's com't appeal ? 

25. What soldier did the thing accm'sed steal? 

26. Who sinned in fearing lest the ark should fall ? 

27. What man did Jesus from the grave recall ? 

28. Who vainly did the Apostle Paul accuse? 

29. What seer a king's entreaty did refuse? 

Range these initials^ and in all thy need, 

lie member still this searching prayer to plead. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, Ko. 126. 

1. The name of David's second son disclosed, 
A name a prophet afterward did bear. 

2. Where was the son of Zedekiah killed? 

3. Whose son was in the temple long concealed ? 

4. Where did a woman once two men bestow ? 

5. A priestly city Doeg filled with woe? 

6. Name from what giant David once was saved, 

7. And one wliom none but he before had braved. 

8. What seer did Asa into prison cast? 

Who told of wars throughout his life to last? 

9. Where did a judge's son though conquering meet 
The death that did his shameful life befit? 

10. Who grieved, though could not leave her widowed home? 

11. Where did the legion-hunted maniac roam? 

12. Who to a trembling monarch sold his land, 
While both beheld an angel near them stand? 

13. Whence did a projihet lead a blinded band? 

Learn the injunction which these initials give, 
And in their strict observance seek to live. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 127. 

1. He, loving rest, a double burden fears. 

2. God's chief delight when He creation rears. 

3. Him, in his blind old age, his son deceived. 

4. They charge of God's most Holy things received. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 181 

5. The place where weapon small great carnage makes. 

6. He, branded for his sin, God's presence fled. 

7. Who hid and fed the prophets in a cave ? 

8. He who his blessing unto Abraham gave. 

9. God's priest, yet his hoase could not command. 

10. Whose counsel did his father's friend withstand? 

11. A city overthrown for wicked deeds. 

12. Once and again great tidings speeds! 

13. The glory gone, the ark the Gentiles prize, 

14. Where, Moses sees the goodly land and dies? 

The initials manifest his promise dear, 
Who ever lives our waiting hearts to cheer. 

SCRIPTUKE EOTGMA, ^o, 128. 

1. A town where Peter performed a miracle, and afterwards 
saw a \asion, the object of which was to teach him that he must 
preach the gospel to the Gentiles as well as to the Jews. 

2. Naomi's husband. 

3. David's fifth son. 

4. A king who served God during the early part of his reign, 
which w^as consequently prosperous, but who, becoming self- 
confident, fell into error and was severely punished. 

Pi 

5. An Amanuensis to St. Paul, and one whose house was 
said to have been the first fruits of Achaia. 

6. One of the names of Christ. 

7. David's eldest brother. 

8. The birthplace of Rachel. 

9. The father of Abraham. 

The initials of the above names give an incident in the life of 
Christ which marks more impressively, perhaps, than any 
other, his perfect humanity. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMl, No. 129. 

1. The king to whom a prophet said " Set thine house in 
order, for thou shalt die, and not live." 

2. A priest whose city name consisted of two letters. 



182 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

3. One of the two cities which the Hebrews built for 
Pharoah. 

4. Noah's godly ancestors. 

5. A city which formed part of the first kingdom on re- 
cord. 

The initials give the mount on which was the rock typical of 
Christ. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 130. 

1. The name of one of w^hom it was said " as thy days, so 
shall thy strength be." 

2. Moses* eldest son. 

3. A man of the tribe of Dan, who was one of the twelve 
spies sent out by JNIoses to see and report on the land of 
Canaan. 

4. One who prophesied of Christ in the words " There shall 
come a star out of Jacob, and a spectre shall arise out of 
Israel.*' 

5. The birthplace of liar an, Lot's father. 

6. A King of Egypt w^ho made war upon Judah, in the 
reign of Rehoboam. 

The initials 6f the above names give one of the New Testament 
prophets. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 131. 

1. From w^hence did Israel precious metal bring ? 

2. Of what sweet tree did ancient prophets sing? 

3. A holy seer who wondrous visions saw. 

4. Whose children did obey their father's law ? 

5. What wicked man did take his brother's life ? 

6. Who took a eity to obtain a wife ? 

7. Seven of this name are found in holy writ. 

8. The land which Israel once in haste did quit. 

9 . Who uttered forth a deep and bitter cry ? 

10. Whose son was sent the promised land to spy ? 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 183 

11. ^Vhat aged saint with deepest grief opprest, 
Saw not that all was ordered for the best ? 

12. Who when on earth, his suit'erings meekly bore, 

13. Then, led by angels, up to heaven did soar? 

14. Who with a stone did once a conquerof slay? 

15. Who sent his dang' iters from their home away ? 

16. What merchant city once was rich and great, 
But through it's sins was brought to low estate? 

17. The mount from w^ience the blessing did proceed. 

18. Who succored prophets in their greatest need ? 

19. The bird that' sat on Babel's ruined towers. 

20. A youth who served his God wdth all his powers. 

In the inliials of these names combined, 
A heavenly receipt yoii w411 clearly find ; 
Which if we humbly from our hearts obey, 
W^ill make us victors in the heavenly way. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 132. 

1. The name which Jacob gave to Luz, in memory of the 
Lord's, appearing to him w^hen he fled from Esau. 

2. The wife of Moses. 

3. A woman noted for her affection to her mother-in-law. 

4. A man remarkable for his swiftness of foot, 

The initials give the name of a priest and ready scribe. 
SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 133. 

1. "Woe unto thee 1 " 'twas thus the Saviour spake, 
And named tw^o cities ; we the first one take. 

2. Here the disciples Jesus' love rehears'd, 
Here it w^as men called them Christian first. 

3. A church which had not yet the faith denied. 
But sheltered those who to serve Satan tried. 

4. Tell whilst ApoUos was to Corinth brought, 
In what great city Paul the Apostle taught. 



184 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

5. To what famed place did Paul a prisoner come 
And dwelt tw^o years in his own hired honse. 

6. Here men were pardoned when they turned to God, 
And this displeased a prophet of the Lord. 

7. A place where heathen superstition trod, 
Where was an altar to the unknown God. 

8. His land who could alike in good or ill, 

In health or sickness, '^ bless his Maker*' still. 

9. Four hundred shekels was the price he paid, 
And in this cave the patriarchs wife was laid. 

The city's name in these initials given 
Was once exalted ; as it seemed to heaven : 
But from its blest estate through sin it fell, 
And grace despised brought it down to hell. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 134. 

1. Three of the seven churches, deserts now. 
By man forsaken and by God laid low. 

2. The ruler whom our Saviour taught by night, 
Because he feared to come when day was bright. 

3. The man who ministered to Paul in need. 

4. A youth who proved a man of God indeed. 

5. Easy to bear if by our Saviour given. 

6. The mount w^hence Christ ascended unto heaven. 

7. That which in every christian home should reign. 

8. The blessed name our Saviour died to gain . 

9. The wdfe whose prayer a child from heaven brought. 

10. The Judge who watched her lips with evil thought. 

11. A singer of swe(:t songs in David's time. 

12. A place wh3re refuge might be found for crime. 

13. A lake enclosed by scenery sublime. 

14. A pool where healing gifts were said to dwell. 

15. A man who from an upper window fell. 

16. An ancient town for commerce greatly famed. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 185 

17. The last \vho king of Syria was named. 

18. A man who saved one hmidred holy lives. 

19. Then he who foremost in the battle strives. 

20. Because his wife was deemed divinely fair. 

21. The place which sheltered Jonathan's lame heir. 

22. A queen who saved her race from death and shame. 

23. A King who from our Saviour's parents came. 

The initial letters of each name will show, 
Dear words of comfort breathed by Christ below. 

SCRIPTURE EXIGMA, Xo. 135. 

Oh listen ! listen to those pleading tones : 
Two sorrowing mothers mourn their little ones 
Yet let us check the sympathetic sigh, 
Their eri'and glorious, and their mission high ; 
Unerring wisdom marks the way they take, 
And joy and praise in thousand hearts awake. 
They die ; but at their death a nation lives, 
And peace and plenty the great Giver gives. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 136. 

Not within and not without , 

Yet it could content 
One who sought to know about 

News to sinners sent. 

Ah, beware ! The place is not 

A proper seat for all. 
Few are safe in such a spot ; 

One, alas ! did fall. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 137. 

Oh skilful the workers, oh mournful the day, 

When within its recesses they hid him away. 

So gracious, so noble, the pride of the State, 

Their friend and their patron, the good and the great. 



186 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

Oh wondrous the moment when forth from the land 
They bore it, fulfilling the solemn command ; 
Still truly remembering the vows of the past, 
And keeping the long-cherished promise at last. 

Oh great the rejoicing when, after long years, 
Its treasure unfolded still changeless appears ; 
Unfolded awhile, then for ever concealed 
Ti]l the day when the secrets of all are rev^ealed. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 138. 

It is a word I love to hear, 

Though not of English birth ; 
A gentle word that fitly falls 

From hapless sons of earth — 
From patient souls that seek and love 
The help which cometh from above. 

No plainer words, no simpler words, 

To baby lips belong ; 
For turn tliis way, or turn it that. 

You cannot turn it wrong ; 
And yet the holiest lips were heard 
To utter first this simple word ; 

Two letters make this simple word ; 

But oh ! how much they mean ; 
They touch our earth, they soar to heaven, 

They si)an the gulf between ; 
And when its mission here is o'er. 
This word shall reach the further shore. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 187 

SCRIPTURE EXIGMA, ]S^o. 139. 

1. " A son and shield,'* is God the Lord, the sons of Korah 
chanted,, 
And they record his two great gifts, to all the upright granted ; 
What these shall be you soon may see by noting this sugges- 
tion : — 
First to obtain an answer plain to every following question • 

I. 

1. What Christian virtue stands the sixtli in one of Peter's let- 

ters ? 

2. And who are they that scarcely saved one till to mercy deb- 

tors ? 

3. And how are hope and faith described in Christ securely 

resting? 

4. And how does John describe the same God's faithfulness 

attesting ? 

5. And what God's sovereign purpose is that full determina- 

tion ? 
That make the greater serve the less and bring the Saint 

salvation ? 
The initials show — in one short row, for all the answers 

quoted — 
The eternal source and steadfast course of man's redemption 

noted. 

II. 

1 . Then what is godliness combined with thankful moderation ? 

2. And what surpasses hope and faith in absolute duration ? 

3. What name of Jesus tells the end of earth's completed story ? 

4. Tell the rew^ard of troubled Saints w^hen Christ ai3pears in 

glory ? 

5. And what are all the promises to each believer spoken 

6. When Christ himself is made of these the earnest and the 

token ? 



188 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

The initials quote and these denote the Saints* full joy and bless- 
ings ; 

When Christ apoears, their toils and tears in endless life re- 
dressing. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 140. 

The man from whose instruction St. Luke wrote. 
The place where Miriam w^as smitten wdth leprosy. 
The word that signifies, *' be opened." 
A mighty hunter before the Lord. 
The man that went out to meditate at Eventide. 
Moses' eldest son. 

The third river of the Garden of Eden. 
The city where St. Paul left his cloak. 
The place where Nathanaelcame. 

The man who helped Ahab to seek pasture for his cattle. 
Hezekiah's successor. 

The place near Salem where John baptized. 
The fellow-laborer to whom St. Paul said, " Let no man de- 
spise thy youth." 
The father of Lot. 
The initials suggest a solemn warning. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA No. 141. 

1. What Priest his son-in-law did keep, 
To watch and tend his fleecy sheep ? 

2. Who for a relatives resort. 
Prepared the temple's sacred court? 

3. What servant did a King endow, 
With riches his esteem to show ? 

4. First named of two who prophesied, 
While Joshua to prevent them tried ? 

5. What name a water-fount received 
When an angel human grief revealed? 

C. Who gladdened with a child a wife, 

And raised that child, when dead, to life ? 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 189 

7. Who had a son who God did save, 
While many found a watery grave ? 

Once in Samaria's lovely land, 
In peace and quietude they trod 
And dwelt a holy prophet band, 
The servants of the living God. 
But soon the Queen resolved in hate, 
Nor headed all their deep distress, 
These prophets to exterminate, 
Unmindful of their faithfulness. 
But ere the wicked earthborn plan 
Its author satisfaction gave, 
The Lord designed a godly man 
His persecuted ones should save. 

The King's chief governor kindly led, 
And hid them in a hollow rock, 
And there with bread and water fed 
The Lord's preselwed and faithful flock. 
In initials you may read 
The queens unhallowed name ; 
1l]iq finals show the men whose deed 
Will live in long recorded fame. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 142^ 

1. Wl.ose house gave refuge to a sacred thing, 

While Israel mourned and never murmured for a king? 

2. There with the poor, the leprous, and the vile, 
Was found oiir Lord's last earthly domicile. 

3» This the}^ broke up, to let the v^ick man through, 
And try what he, tlie sinners friend could do. 

4. Seven Persian princes — this the third— had place 
Next to the monarch, and beheld his face. 

o. Daughter of Israel, weep I thy Priests are slain 
He and his brother love the ark in vain ! 



190 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

6. Say, on what mount did all mankind combine 
In solemn sacrifice and songs divine? 

7. There on that hill-top, see the patriarch stand ; 
The victim bound by his obedient hand. 

First the initials then the finals quote, 
And therein two acrostics will denote 
Who found imputed righteouness, and how 
Then go and follow his example now. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 113. 

1. From Paul they parted, ere their work was done ; 
But mark the cause of strife was Mary's Son. 

2. Yes, but persuasion had the bait so gilded, 

That, just for once she looked admired and yielded. 

3. Of Judah's tribe Ahumai's brother see, 
But once inscribed in Shabals pedigree. 

4. Some of her house conveyed to Paul sad tidings, 
Of the Corinthian's schisms and party tidings. 

5. Thy daughter love him w^hom his servants slew 
But quickly was the treasure punished too. 

6. What single sign is that, both ways the same 
What of ttimes stand for God's most glorious name. 

The initials down, the finals up, 

Reveal a Name 

Of wondrous fame. 
Of one who hold the Priestly xiup 
And breaks the tread and pours the wine. 

And gives the benison divine 
And lo ! a royal diadem 

Encircles now 

His lofty brow 
With glory from the God of Shem. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS, 191 

SCRIPTURE EXIGMA, Xo. 114. 

The city in the siege of which Uriah the Hittite Avas killed? 

The place where Baal-zebiib was worshipped ? 

The metropolis of Ahab ? 

The city built by Solomon in the wilderness ? 

The Father of twelve princes ? 

The invader from whom Saul delivered Jabesh Gilead ? 

The place to which Jonah thought to flee? 

The rebuilder of Jericho ? 

The man who rescued Jeremiah from the dungeon? 

The author of the last chapter of Proverbs? 

The mountain ascended bv David when he fled from Absalom? 

The mother of Armoni and Mephibosheth? 

The birth place of Abraham's steward? 

The initials will give a receipt of Consolation. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, Xo. 145. 

1. 'Tis the loving friend of David who prepared, 
Stone and timber for the temple ready squared. 

2. 'Tis the brother of a Pj-iest, whose hasty touch, 
Cost him his life, and grieved King David much. 

3. 'Tis the King of Eglon hiding in a cave, 
Where he quickly found his ruin and his gTave. 

4. 'Tis his threshing floor that once became the scene, 
Of such mourning as in Canaan had not been. 

5. 'Tis she that with the Mary's stood amazed, 
When into the empty sepulchre they gazed. 

6. Tis Eliakim's grandson in the line 

Of a King whose last descendants were divine. 

7. 'Tis the fifth of those great chamberlains that stood, 
To fulfil what e'er the Persian King thought good. 

8. 'Tis the chamberlain who did the maidens bring, 
In their order, to the presence of the king. 



11)2 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

When 3^ou these correctly frame, 
The initials spell her name, 
Whose rare beauty won her fame, 
Whicli her station could not claim. 
Whatthougli Persia's royal dame 
Was in anger put to shame; 
And in virtue of the same, 
She a mighty queen became. 

And her cousin's name as well. 
Who did near the palace dwell, 
Th^n the final letters spell 
And the royal records tell, 
How he did the treason quell ; 
And the changes that befell 
When his adversary fell, 
AVho with pride and wrath did swell. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 146. 

1. Four giant chiefs whom David's warriors slew, 
Dwelt in one city bring its name to view. 

2. Last of eight officers in David's court. 
One the chief ruler stood — his name report. 

3. Second of twelve w-ho furnished a kings table, 
Tell me his fathers name if thou art able* 

4. When three old sages failed to answer one, 
This youth adventured, and the task w^as done. 

5. An oak, a wine press, and an angels visit, 
An altar, and a grave — behold! w^here is it? 

6. Think of a Levite chief consumed by fire— 
Of his next Brother's name I half require. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 193 

The initials downward, make his well known name. 

Whose steadfast faith and dauntless courage claim 

To be by all remembered evermore : 

His sword Israel put mighty foes to shame, 

His victories still Jehovah's power proclaim, 

Who still defend his peoj)le as of yore ; 

^hQ finals^ upwards, meant the humble fame 

Of one the faithful servant of the same — 

Who did, with him, the hostile camp explore. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 147. 

Mv first descends 

From Heaven, and tends 
To make the gems of nature gi'ow ; 

My second bends 

And swiftly sends 
Destruction to a distant foe ; 

My whole attends 

Where wrath impends 
God's covenant of peace to show; 

And beauty blends, 

And witness lends 
Of God's good-will to all below. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 148. 

M.J first is luscious, sweet, and round, 
And pleasant to the taste is found ; 
My second in the forest grows. 
And bears an acorn or a rose ; 
My ivhole may in a vineyard stand, 
And well repay the planter's hand, 
Or else seem flourishing and fair, 
And yet stand profitless and bare. 

And onlv mock t' e masters care. 
9 ^ 13 



194: CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

So once Avhen Jesus sought my first, 
Sought vainly — he my second cursed ; 
And so my whole, with swift decay, 
Stood withered on that solemn day, 
That all might fear that passed that way. 



SCRIPTURE EXIGMA, No. 149. 

1 My name a glowing g-em of price ; 

2 A *' nothing" groved by man's device ! 

3 What may not pass a needles eye ; 

4 And what we call the slowy sky ; 

5 What all thing have when g*one and part! 

6 And a rich odorous ointment last. 

The initial letters joined will tell. 
What men so often love too well, 
Yet lead down multitudes to hell. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 150. 

1. A place where the ark of God rested. 

2. The Babylonian name of one of the months of the year, 

3 A king one of whose governors wished to apprehend Paul, 
but failed to do so. 

The initials both in order and reversed form the name of one 
who obeyed God, and caused ot'iers to do right. The third 
letters, with orders reversed^ the name of one who disobeyed 
God and caused others to do wrong. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 151. 

1. Think of a precious sense in men? 

2. Its duplex organs think of them ? 

3. What most befits the weary think ? 

4. And into what the wicked sink ? 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 195 

5. Think what will melt with fervent heat? 

6. What pierced the Saviour's hands and feet? 

7. What were his fellow sufferers tell ? 
And mark the initial letters well. 
These show who told the earliest lie, 
And made our tempted parents die, 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 152. 

First find these places all in Canaan's border, 
Among their names are letters in due order, 
(In line will serve, in column would be better.) 
Then take from every name a single letter ; 
Select the letters nearest to the middle 
And you shall find a key to solve my riddle. 

W^onders of power and pity 
W^ere oft within her busy streets displayed ; 

1. And yet we hear the Saviour's voice upbraid 

This unrepenting city. 

There twice the battle raged 
Against the living God and Israel ; 

2. And there two champion Giants fell, 

Whom David's chiefs engaged. 

Though obscure and lowly, — 
The least of cities — yet must One have birth, 

3. Within her walls the ruler of the earth. 

The faithful and the holy ! 

'Twas the Priests gave aid 
To David, fleeing from the face of Saul, 

4. Who in his anger sought to slay them all. 

In their kind deed betrayed. 

The wail of woe and sadness ! 
Rings through her gates and echoes o'er the plains ! 

5. But lo ! the lost ones shall return again 

And change her grief to gladness! 



196 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

On Arnon's brink arose 
This ancient city; but the mighty hand 

6. Of Israel's leader seized on Canaan's land, 

And dispossessed their foes. 

'Twas there they kept the wedding, 
When Sampson's Bride the riddle did disclose, 

7. But to bestow the prize he stopped his foes, 

Their blood in vengeance shedding. 

SCRIPTUBE ENIGMA, No. 153. 

1. A city noted for wonderful preservation of life. 

2. One whom God's spirit made to prophesy, and whom, a 
young man afterwards a pious ruler wished to be prevented 
from prophesying. 

3. A mighty king whol ost his kingdom for a time but was 
afterwards restored to it. 

4. A king's mother who was carried captive. 

5. A father whose three children were all famous amongst 
the children of Israel. 

6. A city against which Christ promised woe for its impeni- 
tence. 

6. A chamberlain of a king ruling from India to Ethiopia. 

8. A hiding place of David. 

9. A city where a Christian sought and found Paul. 

10. A child of promise. 

11. One of the idols worshipped by the children of Israel. 

The initials form the name of a king that was slain ; the 
finals that of one of his sons, who assisted in slaying him. 

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 154. 

1. The son of Zuph, an Ephrathite in the fourth generation; 
The ancestor of one who gave two kings to Israel's 
nation. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 197 

2. The King of Zabath went to war with chariots and with 

horses ; 
But David smote and spoiled him and scattered all his 

forces. 

3. The aged priest of Israel grieved by his son's backslidiiigs. 
Fell down at last and perished, overwhelmed with evil- 
tidings. 

4. There, when God sent his Angels, to tell them of tliair 

failing ; 
All Israel wept and called it the place of tears and wail- 
ings . 

5. The last of five great Princes who in Midian's counti^y 

reigned, 
Whom Moses smote, and Reuben their fruitful land ob- 
tained. 

6. The Ezrahite prophetic, who sang Jehovah's mercies. 
To David and his kingdom, in joyful, mournful verses. 

7. The father of the officer who David made recorder, 
Then David judged the people to Canaan's farthest 

border. 

8. The Horonite that earied the cities renovation, 

AYhat time King Artaxerxes gave the Jews their restora- 
tion. 

9. Th3 place where they complained for Egypt's pleasures 

yearning, 

But Israel's God was angry, and punished them with 
burning. 

10. The second son of Jacob's heirs, from his chief place 

rejected. 
Then to his birthright portion a younger was elected. 

11. The city that was captured, and for their dwelling claim- 

ed it, 
^Yho sprang from Bilhah's elder son, and after him they 
named it. 



198 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

12. Tbe lofty place in Canaan where Israel's bounds ex- 

tended, 
From the salt sea and onward its sunny side ascended. 

13. The king who heard when David subdued a hostile 

nation, 
And sent his son to bless him, with gifts and salutation. 

14. The keeper of the household, beneath his royal master, 
Then Judah's land was saved by Assyria's great dis- 
aster . 

If the first and final letters from all these names be 

quoted, 
You will find in two acrostics two wondrous things de- 
noted. 
The one was worn by Aaron four rows of jewels showing, 
The other shone around it, with heavenly lustre glowing, 
Oft as the priest was standing in service mediatorial. 
The one he wore, the other bore his peoples bright me- 
morial ; 
Tills well adorned his person upon his robes of glory, 
That told in signs mysterious some glad or gracious story, 
Some message from Jehovah, their God and King and 

Saviour, 
To teach them his good precepts, and their behaviour, 
And our High Priest in heaven, his robes of glory wearing 
From richer gems reflected, a bright radiance bearing. 
Still lives to make memorial of all for whom he suffered, 
And bears their names upon him for whom his blood was 

offered. 
And those that trust his mercy nought frorm his love shall 

sever, 
He will guide them with his counsel, and lift them up for 
ever. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 199 

SCRIPTURE ANAGRAM, No. 155. 

Six letters in one name appear, 
As in the sequel will be clear! 

And numbered thus in order due, 
May be discovered by this clue : — 
You find in six, five, one, two, three, 
One hung on his own gallows-tree. 

Three, four, five, six, his name compose, 
From w^honi man's second lineage flows. 

In six, two, one, his son you find, 
The least beloved of all his kind. 
In one, two, three, you clearly trace, 
The name of our degenerate race. 

From one, two, four, and three, you ken, 
Of Judah's twos the first of ten. 
Three, two, five, one, of Judah's tribes 
The least of Caleb's sons describe. 

Two old Egyptian cities see, — 
This in three, four, and that four, three. 
With all the six, describe at length, 
The Father of the man of strength. 

SCRIPTURE ANAGRAM, No. 156. 

My fourteen letters will a name unfold, 
In vision imagined by a head of gold. 
You must not guess the characters to tell, 
But in the sacred pages search and spell. 
First find the following names, the initlah take, 
And these combined the monarch's title make. 

1. Find numbers one, seven, eight, thirteen and three. 
And one who died for sacrilege you see. 



200 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

2. Find ten, twelve, fourteen, seven, — a scribe is found 
AVho raised a fallen city from the ground. 

3. Three, thirteen, fourteen, four, five, six, denote, 
A scj-ibe who twice the prophets warning wrote. 

4. Four, twelve, eleven, seven, and six, and such 

His name who died for one unlawful touch. 

6. Five, sixteen, fourteen, four, and three, will bring, 
A wondrous creature with an outspread wing. 

6. Find six, ten, three, two, fourteen, you shall view 
A man whose wife the w^eary Sisera slew. 

7. Find seven, three, nine, ten, fourteen, and recall 
The great war captain of the house of Saul. 

8. Eight, four, fourteen, and seven, — its plain extends 
AVhere nations to a golden image bend. 

9. One, ten, seven, six, reveal, the utmost bound, 
The eastern limit of Zebulun^s ground. 

10. Ten, eight, two, nine, — behold a garden fair! 
And lo! a matchless couple dwelling there. 

11. Eleven, two, fourteen, ten, and eight, — appears, 
Israel's last joui'ney in the forty years. 

12. Twelve, thirteen, three, four, eight, — you apprehend 
The son of Nathan, and a wise king's friend. 

13. Find thirteen, twelve, eleven, seven, six, and tell 
The utmost border where theAvims dwell. 

14. Fourteen, two, four, — ^behold the patriarch's name, 
The son of Peleg, in the line of Shem. 



ANSWERS 



TO 



BIBLE CURIOSITIES 



PERTAINING TO 



jFirst ^tings* 



1. Light Gen. i. 3. 

2. The coming of Christ Gen. iii. 15. 

3. Cain. The city of Enoch Gen. iv. 17. 

4. Moses Num. i. 1. 

5. Moses Ex. xiii. 13. 

6. Abram Gen. xii. 1 , 6. 

7. Abel Gen. iv. 4. 

8. Cain Gen. iv. 9. 

9. Water tnrned into blood. Exodus vii. 20. 

10. When the morning stars sang together. . ..Job xxxviii. 7. 

11. Aaron Exodus xxviii. 1. 

12. The woman Eve Gen. iii. 1; Tim. ii. 14. 

13. Adam Gen. ii. 15. 

14. Rebekah Gen. xxiv. 64, 65. 

15. Tubal-Cain Gen. iv. 22. 

16. Adam Gen. iii. 24. 

17. Ear-rings, bracelets, jewels, &c Gen. xxiv. 22, 30, 53. 

18. The words ^'Holiness to the Lord" upon Aaron's 

mitre Ex. xxviii. 36 ; Ex. xxxix. 30. 

19. Moses Ex. xxiv. 4. 



CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

20. Abraham Gen. xxiii. 3, 4, 16, 18. 

21. Nimvod Gen. x. 8, 9. 

22. Noah. The ark Gen. vi. 14, 22. 

23. Cain Gen. iv. 14. 

24. Stephen Acts vii. 58. 

25. Pharaoh Gen. xli. 42. 

26. Abraham Gen. xxii. 3. 

27. Ishmael Gen. xvi. 11. 

28. Ilagar in the wilderness Gen. xxi. 16. 

29. Moses (?) Gen. xxxii. 19. 

30. Abel Gen. iv. 8. 

31. Seth Gen. v. 8. 

32. Song of Moses Ex. xv. 

33. Jacob Gen. xxxii. 9. 

34. Rachel Gen. xxxi. 19. 

35. Jewelry Ex. xxxii. 2. 

36 . Rachel Gen. xxix. 9. 

37. The son of Zarephath's daughter 1 Kings xvii. 21. 

38. Jacob at the grave of Rachel Gen. xxxv. 20. 

39. Maaseiah Ezra x. 18. 

40. Ararat Gen. viii. 4. 

41. Be fruitful and multiply, &c , Gen. i. 28. 

42. The Eunuch of Ethiopia Acts viii. 27, 38. 

43 . Abram Gen. xiv. 13. 

44. Solomon's navy 1 Kings ix. 26. 

45. When the men of Judah crossed the Jordan at Gilgal 

to King David 2 Sam. xix. 18. 

46. By God. After the creation Gen. ii. 2, 3. 

47. At Antioch by Paul and Barnabas .Acts xiv. 26. 

48. Abraham purchased a burying place for Sarah at 

Machpelah Gen. xxiii. 3. 

49. See Job xix. 23, 24. 

50. By Abraham in the purchase o£ land. . . . Gen. xxiii. 16. 

51. Repent Matt. iv. 17. 

52. On giving names to the animal creation. . . .Gen. ii. 19. 

53. The defeat of the armies of Israel by the tribe of Ben- 

jamin Judges XX. 26. 



FIBST THINGS. 5 

54. St. Peter. By the selection of a particular passage and 

the explanation thereof Acts ii. 14. 

55. Daniel, appointed by King Darius over a province ol 

Chaldea Dan. vi. 2. 

56. To I^oah and his family after the flood Gen. ix. 3. 

57. When Deborah judged Israel Judges iv. 4. 

58. The tribe of Judah Num. x. 14. 

59. Water turned to wine John ii. 1. 

60. The men of Sodom Gen. xiii. 13. 

61. Abraham Gen. xxi. 24 ; xxiv. 3. 

62. The house of the rolls, or books, the king's library, 

Ezra vi. 1. 

63. The Lord shall reign for ever and ever Ex. xv. 18. 

64. God save the king 1 Sam. x. 24. 

65. See Psalms cix. 10. 

66. Swords into plowshares, &c., and learn war no more, 

Isa. ii. 4. 

67. Joshua in dividing the land Josh, xviii. 8. 

68. See Acts xviii. 17; xv. 23. 

69. B.C. 607 years. By children of Rachab. . Jer. xxxv. 1, 11. 

70. In the wilderness, by Anah Gen. xxxvi. 24. 



ANSWERS 

TO 

OLD TESTAMENT CURIOSITIES 

PERTAINING TO 



persons. 



1. Abraham Gen. xv. 5. 

Zedekiah for deliverance Jer. xxxviii. 3. 

2. Five. Pharoah to be relieved of the plagues . . .Ex. viii. 8. 

Israel to be relieved of serpents Num. xxi. 7. 

Jeroboam when his hand withered 1 Kings xiii. 6. 

Simeon's prayer Acts viii. 24. 

3. Jezebel 1 Kings xxii. 51, 52. 

4. Cyrus Isa. xliv. 28; Ezra i. 44. 

5. Because of their cruelty to the Shechemites.Gen. xlix. 7. 

6. Abimelech Judges ix. 25. 

7. Jethro Exodus iii. 1. 

8. Elisha and Elijah 1 Kings xix. 19. 

9. John the Baptist Malachi iv. 5, 6. 

10. During the siege of Samaria 2 Kings vi. 29. 

11. Jehoshabeath. Joash = 2 Chron. xxii. 11. 

12. Cave of Adullam 1 Sam. xiii. 6. 

13. Jachin and Boaz 1 Kings vii. 21 . 

14. Makkedah Josh. x. 20. 

15. Elisha 1 Kings xix. 19. 

16. Ahab 1 Kings xxii. 39. 

1* 



10 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

17. ADiathar 1 Sam. xxii. 20. 

18. Eliphaz Job iv. 15. 

19. Nebuchadezzar Jer. lii. 4. 

20. Zedekiah Jer. lii. 8. 

21. Hoshca 2 Kings xvii. G. 

22. ]\IouDt Tabor 2 Kings xxiii. 29. 

23. Saul 1 Sam. xxii. 18. 

24. Athaliali 2 Chron. xxii. 10. 

25. After the captivity Neh. viii. 17. 

26. Zedekiah eler. ]ii. 11. 

27. On iNIomit Carmel by King Ahab 1 Kings xviii. 20. 

28. Deborah eJudges iv. 4, 5. 

29. Ehud Judges iii. 1 5. 

30. Abimelech Judges ix. 5. 

31. Men of Shechem Judges ix. 2 i. 

32. Abimelech Judges ix. Go. 

33. Hezekiah 2 Kings xx. G. 

34. Balaam N'umbers xxiii. 10. 

35. Yopshi, iSTum. xiii. 11 ; Yashni, 1 Chron. vi. 28 ; Yashli, 

Esther i. 9. 

36. Abimelech at Mount Zalmon Judges ix. 48. 

37. Josiah 2 Chron. xxiii. 11. 

38. Ahaz 2 Chron. xxviii. 24. 

39. Zophar, Bildad and Eliphaz by Job Job xiii. 26. 

40. Aaron Numbers xxvi. 48. 

41. Uzziah 2 Chron. xxvi. 20. 

42. Adoni-bezek Judges i. 6, 7. 

43. Jehu the blood of Jezabel 1 Kings xxi. 23. 

44. Abimelech at Thebez Judges ix. 54. 

45. Esther 

46. Jehoshaphat, King of Judah 2 Chron. xvii. 7, 11. 

47. Moses to Ilobab Num. x. 29. 

48. David 2 Sam. i. 23. 

49. Shamsrar Judo-es iii. 31. 

50. Pharaoh's daughter Exodus ii. 10. 



51. Bera. . 

52. Birsha 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS. \ 1 

53. He held his peace Lev. x. 3. 

54. Jonah Jonah i . 3. 

55. Id the valley of Moab Deut . xxxiv. 6. 

56. Seers 1 Sam. ix. 9. 

57. One thousand and five 1 Kino-s iv. 32. 

58. Sons: of the well Numbers xxi. 17, 18. 

59. Benhadad, King of Assyria 2 Kings viii. 7, 15. 

60. Jair 1 Chron. xi. 22. 

61. Tiglathpileser, first King of Assyria. . . .2 Kings xv. 29. 

62. Ahasuerus Esther viii. 10. 

63. Abraham Gen. xii. 2. 

64. Saul, by falling on his sword 2 Sam. i. 6. 

65. Workmen on the temple 2 Kings xxii. 7. 

QQ. Jonathan and Ahismaz 2 Sam. xvii. 17. 

67. Jonathan 2 Sam. i. 25. 

68. Saul and Jonathan 2 Sam. i. 23. 

69. Hadadezer, captured by David 2 Sam. viii. -l. 

70. King of Salem Gen. xiv. 18, 21. 

71. Jehu .* 2 Kings x. 15. 

72. Jeroboam. Arm withered 1 Kings xiii. 4. 

73. Zipporah Exodus ii. 21 . 

74. Korah Num. xxvi. 31. 

75 . Agur 

76. Job Job xiii. 1 5. 

77. Bildad the Shuhite (Shoe-height) Job ii. 11. 

78. Josh. X. 14; Judges vi. 2; 1 Sam. xiii. 6; 1 Sam. xxii. 1. 

79. Love them as themselves Lev. xix. 33, 31. 

SO. Gibeonites, by order of Joshua »Tosh. ix. 23. 

81. Hewers of wood and drawers of water Josh. ix. 27 

82. Araalekites Ex. xvii. 8. 13. 

83. Obediah 1 Sam. xxii . 1 . 

84 Jacob's Gen. 1. 9. 

85 . Jeremiah Jeremiah xix . 9. 

86. Pashur, because he smote the prophet Jeremiah Jer. xx. 4. 

87. Jeremiah Jer. xx. 4. 

88. To repair the house of the Lord. .2 Chron. xxi v. 4, 11 



12 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

90. Acliaii Joshua vii . 21. 

91. Abraham Deut. xxxiv. 7. 

92. Abigai and David 1 Sam. xxv. 42. 

93. Job Job iii. 17. 

94. David, 1 Sam. xxi. 13 ; Abraham, Gen. xii. 13 ; xx. 1,12. 

95. Michal the daughter of Saul 2 Sam. vi. 20, 23. 

96. The Lord gave, &c Job i. 21 ; ii. 10. 

97. Elisheba Exodus vi. 23. 

98. "It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth good," 

1 Sam. iii. 18 

99. Ezekiel to Chebar Ezekiel i. 1 

100. Samuel 1 Sam. ix. 25 

101. Amos, herdsman of Tekoa Amos i. 1 ; vii. 11 

102. Jeremiah Jer. xxxviii. 6 

103. Aaron, the golden calf. Ex. xxxii. 4, 2 J 

104. The children of Israel under Ahaz captured Judah, 

2 Chron. xxviii. 8. 

105. Obed 2 Chron. xxviii. 9. 

lOG. David 2 Sam. xxi v. 1. 

107. Elisha, the Shunamite widow and her two sons, 

2 Kings iv. 18. 

108. Solomon 1 Kings x. 22. 

109. The prophet Ezekiel at the death of his wife, 

Ezekiel xxiv. 16. 

110. Gad, 2 Sam. xxiv. 11-19 Nathan 2 Sam. xii. ; 1 Chron. xxi. 

111. Ahaz 2 Chron. xxviii. 32. 

112. David. Three days pestilence. Because he numbered 

tlie people 2 Sam. xxiv. 13. 

113. lie that ruleth his spirit Prov. xvi 32. 

114. David their father 2 Sam. i. 17, 27. 

115. Maher-shalal-hash-baz Isa. viii. 1, 4. 

116. Son of Isaiah Isa. viii. 1, 4. 

117. David 2 Sam. xxiv. 14. 

118. Ezekiel Ezekiel ii. 9 ; iii. 2. 

r Miriam, Ex. xv. 20; Deborah Judges iv. 4. 

119. < Huldah, 2. Kings xxii. 14 ; Annie Luke ii. 36. 

( Philip's daughters Acts xxi. 9. 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS. 13 

120. Josiah 2 Kings xxiii. 

121. David and Jonathan 1 Sam. xviii. 1. 

122. He was first to smite the Jebiisites 1 Chron. xi. 6. 

123. Asa 2 Chron. xiv. 11. 

124. Moses, Num. xi. 15 ; Elijah 1 Kings xix. 4. 

Jonah Jonah iv. 3 ; v. 8. 

125. From Heaven Lev. ix. 24. 

126. Moses, Ex. ii. 10 ; Hadassah Esther ii. 7. 

127. Ahab 1 Kings xxi. 25. 

128. Sons of Joseph 1 Chron. v. 1, 2. 

1 29. Abijah 1 Kings xiv. 13. 

130. Sidonians 1 Kings v. 6. 

131. Deborah Gen. xxxv. 8. 

132. Elijah's IKings ; xviii. 41. 

133. Nehemiah Neh. vi. 10, 13. 

134. Nazarites Mim. vi. 1. 

135. David 1 Sam. xvi. 11 ; xvii. 15. 

136. That he might die the death of the righteous, 

Num. xxiii. 10. 

137. Hoshea 2 Kings xv. 30. 

138. See Exodus xxv. 40. 

139. Solomon 1 Kings v. 5, 15. 

140. Sacred Singers 1 Chron. ix. 33. 

141. Midianites Judges viii. 26. 

142. Korah, Dathan, Abiram Nuni xxvi. 10. 

143. ''They which are of f aith " and " if ye be Christ's," 

Gal. iii. 7, 29. 

144. Children of Rachab Jer . xxxv. 1, 10. 

145. Gideon with his band of three hundred, 

Judges vii. 4, 5. 

146. Midianite army Judges vii. 12. 

147. Uzziah 2 Chron. xxvi. 16. 

148. Shaphat 1 Kings xix. 19. 

149. Gideon Judges viii. 24. 

150. Joshua Joshua viii. 30. 

151. Ahaz 2 Chron. xxviii. 24. 

152. Joshua Joshua x. 11. 



14 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

153. Gideon and Phurah Judges vii. 7, 10. 

15i. The city of Timnath-serah Joshua xix. 50. 

155. Zachariah Zach. viii. 5. 

156. Cain Gen. iv. 17. 

157. Uzza 1 Chron. xiii. 9, 13. 

158. Adoni-zedek, Hoham, Piram, Japhia and Debir, 

Josh. X. 3. 

159. Obed-edom. Three months 1 Chron. xiii. 13. 

160. Jonathan's house. The prophet Jeremiah, 

Jer. xxxvii. 15. 

161. Irijah, the captain of the ward Jer. xxxvii. 13. 

162. The Jews Xeh. v. 3. 

163. ]N"ehemiah Neh. v. 14, 18. 

164. Abel Gen. iv. 8. 

165. Seth Gen. v. 8. 

166. Nebuzaradan 2 Kings xxv. 8, 9. 

167. Hezekiah 2 Kinsfs xx. 1. 

168. Three thousand 1 Kings iv. 32. 

169. Moses Exodus xxxiv. 33. 

170. Shammua, from the Tribe of Reuben. 
Shaphat, " *' '' Simeon. 
Caleb, '« «' '' Judah. 
Igal, '' '' " Issachar. 
Oshea, afterwards called Joshua, tribe of Ephraim. 
Palti, *' *' *' Benjamin. 
Gaddiel, '' «' *' Zebulun. 
Gaddi, '' " *' Manasseh. 
Ammiel, '* ** *' Dan. 
Sethur, '« «' '' Asher. 
Nahbi, *' '« '' Naphthali. 
Geuel, '' «' *' Gad. 

Numbers xiii. 4,16. 

171. By his own sword, because defeated. . . 1 Chron. x. 4. 

172. Naaman 2 Kings v. 1. 

173. David. He slew Goliath 1 Sam. xvii. 12, 24. 

174. Daniel Dan. v. 7, 16, 29. 

175. Moses, upheld by Aaron and Hur Ex. xvii. 9, 13. 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS. 15 

176. Manoah Judges xiii. 20. 

177. Solomon his son 1 Kings v. 1. 

178. Manoah Judge xiii. 21. 

179. Samson's father Judges xiii. 21. 

180. Elijah in the cave on Mount Horeb. .1 Kings xix. 8, 9. 

181. Four. Jesus' , Luke i. 28. 

John the Baptist's Luke i. 13. 

Isaac's , . . . , Gen. xviii. 10. 

Samson's .Judges xiii. 3. 

182. Lot Genesis xix. 1.3. 

183. Joshua ,....,.... Joshua v. 13. 

184. Two. Gabriel Dan. ix. 21 ; Luke i. 28. 

Michael Rev. xii. 7 ; Jude ix. 

185. Thirty-one .Joshua xii. 1, 21. 

186. Abishai 2 Sam. xxiii. 18. 

187. Abino 2 Sam. xxiii. 8. 

188. Benaiah 1 Chron. xi. 23. 

189. Jacob Gen. xxxii. 9. 

190. Maaseiah Ezra. x. 18. 

191. The Angel that appeared to Abraham. . . . Gen. xix. 2. 

192. Daniel Dan. ix. 21. 

193. Moses Luke xvii. 22 ; Jude 9. 

194. Jeroboam 1 Kings xii. 29. 

195. Abijah 1 Kings xi. 31. 

196. Samson Judges xiii. 5. 

197. Four. Sennacherib's army. .2 Kings xix. 35; 2 Chron. 

xxxii. 21 ; Isa. xxxvii. 36. 

First born in Egypt Ex. xii. 29. 

2 Sam. xxiv. 16, 17. 



Israelites . 

1 Chron. xxi. 14, 15. 

Herod Acts xii. 23. 

198. Elijah 1 Kings xix. 4, 8. 

199. Joab 1 Chron. xi. 6. 

200. Benaiah 1 Chron. xi. 23. 

201. Gather all nations and sever the wicked from the 

just Matt. xiii. 41, 49. 

202. Abraham .Gen. xviii. 2, 4 ; xix. 2. 



16 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

( Samson Judges xiv. 5. 

203. -] David 1 Sam. xvii. 34. 

(Benaiah 2 Sam. xxiii. 20. 

204. Moses Ex. iii. 5; Joshua v. 13, 15. 

205- The first to smite the Jebusites 1 Chron. xi. 6. 

206. Jethro Exodus xviii. 5. 

207. Anak the Canaanite, during 40 years* wanderings. 

Num. xiii. 33. 

208. Put to death by a plague Num. xiv. 37. 

209. Jeremiah Jer. xiii. 4. 

210. Amos Amos vii. 14 

211. Shishak, King of Egypt 1 Kings xiv. 25, 26. 

212. Hannah ', 1 Sam. ii. 19. 

213. Abraham Gen. xv. 1 . 

214. Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon. 2 Kings xxv. 1, 11. 

215. Daniel Daniel vi. 10. 

216. He that ruleth his spirit Prov. xvi. 32. 

217. Nebuchadnezzar Dan. iv. 37. 

218. Nebuchadnezzar Dan. iv. 33. 

219. Builders of wall of Jerusalem Neh. iv. 10, 18. 

220. Hezekiah to messengers of Merodach Baladan,Isa.xxxix. 

221. Cyrus Ezra i. 7. 

222. Hananiah from Jeremiah Jer. xxviii. 10, 11. 

223. Joshua Josh. viii. 2. 

224. King of Ai Josh. viii. 23, 29. 

225. Oshea Num. xiii. 16. 

226. Jeroboam, King of Israel 1 Kings xii. 28- 

227. Nebuchadnezzar Dan. iv. 30. 

228. Spies sent into Jericho Joshua ii. 

229. Vision of the Cherubim Ezekiel i. 1, 28. 

230. Solomon 1 Kings ii. 2 Chron. v. 7. 

281. By the coming of Christ. Malachi iii. 1. Luke ii. 27,46. 

232. Isaac Gen. xxiv. 63. 

233. Nebuchadnezzar Dan. iv. 33. 

234. Nebuchadnezzar 2 Kings xxv. 7. 

235. Joseph by Pharaoh Gen. xxxix. 5. 

236. Jeremiah Jer. xxvii. 2. 

237. David 1 Chron. xxix. 1, 5. 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS. 17 

238. Zerubbabel fifty-two years after the destruction of the 

first temple Ezra v . 2 

239. Haggai Haggai ii. 6, 9. 

240. Ezekiel Ezek. xxxvii. 

241. Elijah's 1 Kings xvii. 1 ; xviii, 42. 

242. The men of Jabesh-gilead 1 Sam. xxxi. ll-lo. 

243. Samuel 1 Sam. xv. 22. 

244. Jeroboam, King of Israel 1 Kings xiii. 1. 

245. Nebachadnezzar Dan. iv. 24, 3). 

246. Solomon 1 King ix- 18. 

247. Isaiah 2 Kings xx. 7; Isa. xxxviii. 21 . 

248. Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego Dan. i.6, 10. 

249. See Deut. xxiii. 3, 4. 

250. Elisha 1 Kings xix. 20. 

251. Job Job xlii. 1 1. 

252. Ezra Ezra ix. 3, 12. 

253. E,ebekah and Isaac Gen. xxiv. 59. 

254. The prophet Jonah against Nineveh Jonah iii. 4. 

255. The prophet Nahum's Nahurn iii. 

256. Joshua in Jordan as a memoral of God's deliverance 

Jos. iv. 9. 

257. By Jacob and his brethren when he covenanted with La- 

ban Gen. xxxi. 46. 

258. He commanded Daniel to be clothed in scarlet and that 

a gold chain be put about his neck for interpreting 

his dream Dan. v. 7. 

259* Darius the Median Dan. v. 31. 

260. Barak with prophetess Deborah Judges iv. 8. 

261. Miriam Ex. xv. 20. 

262. Shadrach; Meshach; and Abednego Dan. iii. 30. 

263. Belshazzar, grandson of Nebuchadnezzar. . .Dan. v. 18. 

264. Daniel appointed by Darius King of the Chaldeans. 

Dan. vi. 2. 

265. Nehemiah Neh. ii. 5, 1 8. 

266. Simeon Luke ii. 25, 27. 

267. Because they served idols and forsook the command- 

ments of their God 2 Kings xvii. 7, 23. 

2 



18 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

268. Manassah 2 Chron. xxxiii. 1 1, 33. 

269. Six cubits and a span (11 feet 8 in.) ... .1 Sam. xvii. 4. 

270. A man of Gath 2 Sam. xxi. 20. 

271. Ezekiel — Noah, Daniel and Job Ezekiel xiv. 14. 

272. Seventy souls. Jacob and his family. . . .Gen. xlvi. 27. 

273. Six hundred thousand Ex. xii. 37. 

274. Doeg by command of Saul 1 Sam. xxii. 18. 

275. efonathan 1 Sam. xiv. 24, 27, 43, 45. 

276. Josiah 2 Chron. xxxiv. 18. 

277. Shebna Isaiah xxii. 15, 18. 

278. Absalom 2 Sam. xviii. IS. 

279. Ahab and Zedekiah Jer. xxix. 22. 

280. Son of Zaraphath's widow by Elijah. .1 Kings xvii. 22. 

Shunamite's son by Elisha 2 Kings iv. 30. 

The man in the Sepulchre by Elisha. .2. Kings xiii. 21. 

281. King Asa 2 Chron. xiv. 9. 

282. Ahab 1 Kingsxxi.^ 29. 

283. Ahab 1 Kings xxii. 30. 

284. Azubah 1 Kings xxii. 42. 

285. Ezra Ezra vii. 6. 

286. Ahab 1 Kings xxi. 25. 

287. Jeremiah Jer. xx. 2. 

288. Because of his cruelty to the prophet Jeremiah.. Jer. xx.3. 

289. Evil-merodach Jer. lii. 31. 

290. Nehemiah Neh. i. and ii. 

291. Adonijah 1 Kings i. 50; Joab. 1 Kings ii. 28. 

292. Josiah 16, 2 Chron. xxxv.l5. 

293. King Solomon 1 Kings x. 27. 

294. Ahab 1 Kings xxii. 38. 

295. Samuel, 1 Sam. i. 1,4; Abijah. 1 Kings xiv. 1, 13. 

Obadiah, 1 Kings xviii. 12; Josiah, 2 Kings xxii. 1,2; 
Solomon, David, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, 
Dan. i. 6, 17 ; Timothy 2 Tim. iii. 15. 

296. Lalimi, slain by Elhanan, son of Jair. .2 Sam. xxi. 19. 

1 Chron. xx. 5 

297. The Moabite in the sepulchre of Elish 2 Kings xiii. 20 

298. Levites, the Lord was their inheritance.. Deut. xviii. 1,5. 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS. 19 

299. King Joash by Elisha 2 Kings xiii. 14, 18. 

300. Obadiah 1 Kings xviii. 4. 

301. Pharaoh to Jacob. 130 years Gen . xlvii. 8. 

302. Micah Judges xvii. 10. 

303. jSTaaman, by the little captive maid 2 Kings v. 

304. Daniel's prayer for the restoration of Jerusalem, 

Dan. ix. 23 
The prayer of the Church for Peter in prison, 

Acts xii. 5. 

305. The sons of Jonadab Jer. xxxv. 8, 10. 

306. Micah stole eleven hundred sheckels. . .Judges xvii. 2. 

307. " Out of the eater came forth meat and out of the 

strong came forth sweetness " '. .Judges xiv. 14. 

308. Jacob Gen. xxxii. 24. 

309. The seventy sons of Ahab by Jehu 2 Kings x. 7. 

310. Og, King of Bashan Deut. iii. 11. 

311. The Philistines, and were dug out by Isaac, 

Gen. xxvi. 15. 

312. The Shunamite 2 Kings viii. 1, 6. 

313. By Jonah in the whale's belly, in the Mediteranean 

Sea Jonah ii. 1. 

314. Job Job XXX. 23. 

315. Absalom 2 Sam. xviii. 9, 18. 

316. Rehoboam 1 Kings xii. 8, 19. 

317. Pul 1 Chron. v. 26. 

318. Josiah, 1 Kings xiii. 2 ; Christ Isa. ix. 6. 

319. Asshur Gen. x. 11. 

320. Reubenites, Gadites and the half tribe Manassa, 

1 Chron. v. 26. 

321. Joseph Gen. 1. 17. 

322. Eber, being 464 years old, surviving Abraham about 

four years Gen. xi. 17. 

323. Miriam and Deborah prophesied, and those of the 

tribe of Levi sang in the temple. 

Exodus XV. 2, 20 ; Judges iv. 4. 

324. Sarah the mother of the faithful, aged 127 years. 

Gen. xxiii. 1. 



20 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

325. Joash 2 Kings xiii. 14. 

326. Eleazar 2 Sam. xxiii. 8. 

327. King Uzziah is called Azariah, 2 Chron.; 2 Kings xv.; 

Jehoichin is quoted Coniah, 2 Kings xxiv. 8. ; Jer. 
xxii. 24.-; Jehoahaza, is called Shallum, 2 Kings 
xxiii. 31, 34. 

328. Dan shall judge thee. Samson was the son of Manoah, 

which was of the tribe of Dan Gen. xlix. 16. 

329. Dan is omitted from the list in Kev. vii.; Simeon from 

that in Deut. xxxiii. 

330. See Ex. xii. 23. ; 2 Kings xix. 35.; 1 Chron. xxi. 16. 

331. Because a band of men who had come with the Arabians 

had slain all the eldest sons 2 Chron. xxii. 1. 

332. By covering the spies with stalks of flax, and after- 

wards by letting them down through a window with 
a cord Josh. ii. 6, 15 

333. Elias. '-And Elijah said, If I be a man of God, then 

let fire come down from heaven and consume thee 

and thy fifty," and there came down fire from heaven 

• and consumed him and his fifty. . .2 Kings i. 10, 12. 

334. To illustrate God's dealings with those of the house of 

Judah who had gone into captivity, and with those 
who were left behind in Jerusalem. .Jer. xxiv. 1, 3. 

335. That the daughters should marry to some one in their 

own tribe Xum. xxxvi. 6. 

336. To show where Nebuchadnezzar would set up his throne 

in his conquest w^ith Egypt, which the prophet then 
foretold Jer. xliii. 9. 

337. A hundred talents of silver 2 Chron. xxv. 6. 

338. Omri 1 Kings xvi. 23. 

339. When Ebed-melech, the Ethiopian, drew up Jeremiah 

out of a dungeon Jer. xxxviii. 11, 12^ 

310. Jehoiachin 2 Chron. xxxvi. 9. 

341. The son of Shelomith, of the tribe of Dan, 

Lev. xxiv. 10, 11, 

342. As a token against the rebels, and as a proof that Aaron 

had been especially chosen by God. . . . Num. xv. 36. 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSOXS. 21 

343. Under the oak of Jabesh, by the men of Jabesh-gilead, 

1 Chron. x. 11, 12. 

344. Adab, 1 Kings xxii. 34 ; Josiah. . . 2 Chron. xxxv. 22. 

345. David Psahiis i. 4. 

346. Uncle 1 Chron. ii. 16. 

347. By putting an image in the bed, with a pillow of goat's 

hair for his bolster 1 Sam. xix. 13. 

348. J:-hoiachin 2 Chron. xxxvi. 9. 

349. Joel (or Yashui) and Abiah 1 Sam. viii. 2. 

350. Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered, and 

let them that hate thee flee before thee. " Return, 
O Lord, to the manv thousands of Israel." 

Xum, X. 35. 

351. Uzza 2 Chron. xxvi. 19. 

352. The daughters of Shallum, the son of Halohesh. 

Xeh. iii. 12. 

353. Jonathan, his uncle 1 Chron. xxvii. 32. 

354. Deborah Gen. xxiv. 49. 

355. ]^s'ebucar-adan Jer. xxxix. 11, 14. 

356. By means of his Prophet Elisha, he multiplied th3 

widow's oil 2 Kings iv. 4, 7. 

357. Forty-two thousand, three hundred and three score. 

Ezra ii. 6 L 

358. Oman and his four sons 1 Chron. xxi. 15. 

359. Huldah, the prophetess 

2 Kings xxii. 14; 2 Chron. xxxi. 22. 

360. See ye how^ this son of a murderer has sent to take 

awav mine head 2 KinQ-s vi. 32. 

361. The mighty men who came to David at Ziklag. 

1 Chron. xii. 1, 2. 

362. They were destroyed by fire from the Lord, because 

they offered strange fire Lev. x. 1. 

363. See Exodus iv. 6. 

361. The body of Saul 1 Sam. xxxi. 10. 

335. Of seven hundred of the tribe of Benjamin. 

Juds^es XX. 16. 
366. B3naiah, the son of Jehoiada 1 Chron. xi. 22. 



22 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

337. Joash 2 Kings xiii. 14. 

368. Issachar 1 Chroii. xii. 32. 

369. Ebed-melech Jer. xxxix. 16. 

370. Ishmael Jer. xli. 1 . 

371. Jeremiah Jer. xliii. 10, 

372. Elam Jer. xlix. 33. 

373. They put out his eyes Jer. lii. 8. 

374. Joshua Xuin. xi. 28. 

375. Zebulan 1 Chron. xii. 3o. 

376. Oman 1 Chron. xxi. 20. 

377. Adopted daughter Esth. ii. 7. 

378. Samuel 1 Sam. ix. 16. 

379. Uzziah 2 Chron. xxvi. 10. 

380. Benaiah 1 Chron . xi. 22. 

381. Moses Exod. iv. 2t. 

382. Michal 2 Sam. ii-i. 1 4. 

383. l^otipher at the priest of On his grandsons were Joseph's 

sons, Ephraim and Manessah Gen. xli. 4-"). 

384. Jehoiada 2 Chron. xxiv. 22. 

385. Solomon 1 Chron. xxii. 9. 

386. Gedaliah Jer. Ix. 14. 

387. Issacher 1 Chron. xii. 32. 

388 Exod. xii. 23; 2 Sam. xxiv. 16; Kings xix. 35. 

389. David 1 Sam. xx. 3. 

390. Baruch Jer. xlv. 5. 

391. Thirty Jer. xxxviii. 10. 

392. See 2 Chron. xxx. 10. 

393. Naaman 2 Kings v. 5. 

394. Nahash 1 Sam. xi. 2. 

395. Ahaziah 2 Kings i. 9, 18. 

396. Ishmael, Isaac, Solomon, Josiah, Cyrus. John and Jesus 

397. The high priest Lev. xxi. 14. 

398. Abiram and Segub Josh. vi. 26; 1 Kings xvi. 34. 

399. David, Ps. Ixxxv. 2, 3 ; Hezekiah, Isa. xxxviii. 17. 

400. See 1 Chron. iv. 23. 

401. Ahithophel and Hushai 1 Chron. xxvi. 33 

402. Rehoboam 2 Chron. xi. 21 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS. 23 

403. See Acts i. 16 ; 2 Sam. xxiii. 1, 2. 

40i. The tribe of Issachar 1 Sam. xxiii. 12. 

405. Ezekiel Ezek. xlvii. 12. 

406. See Isa. xxvi. 19. 

407. Ezra the scribe Xeh. viii. 4. 

408. Moses and Caleb Dent, xxxiv. 7 ; Josh. xiv. 11. 

409. Aramiah 2 Sam. xxiv. 23. 

410. Amaziah 2 Kings xiv. 1 9. 

411. Uzziah .2 Chron. xxvi. 10. 

412. All the people sat in the street. Ezra x. 9. 

413. Joash to Elisha 2 Kings xiii. 14. 

Elisha to Elijah 2 Kings ii. 12. 

414. Joseph, aged 110 years Gen. 1. 26. 

415. The old man of Ephraim Jud. xix. 29. 

416. When Anaziah said to Amos '' Go fly thee away into 

the land of Judah, and there eat bread and prophesy/ 
Amos answered and said, '^ I was no | rophet, neither 
was I a prophet's son " Amos vii. 12, 14. 

417. Uzziah was struck with a leprosy for trespassing on 

the priest's office. 2. Chron. xxvi. Isa. xxiii. 43, 44. 

41 8. Moabites Isa. xv. 2. 

419. Gen. xii. 3; Gen. xvii 8; Gen. xvii. 16. 

420. See Deut. xviii. 15, 19. 

721. Because he asked for a Shunamite's wife. 

1 Kings ii. 13, 25. 

422. Isaac Gen. xxii. 6. 

423. For the/ree will offering a blemished animal migh-t he 

offered Lev. xxii. 23. 

421. Abraham Gen. xxii 18 ; xxi. 12. 

Isaac Gen. xxvi. 4; Jacob Gen. xxviii. 14. 

425. King David to Joab 2 Sam. xi. 15. 

426. The son of the widow of Zarepath.l Kings xvii. 17, 23. 

The Shunamite's son 2 Kings iv. 18, 37. 

The man buried in Elisha's grave. .2 King xiii. 21. 

427. Because God said "Ye shall henceforth return no more 

that way" Deut. xvii. 16. 

428. Doeg the Edomite 1 Sam. xxii. 19. 



24 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

429. The King of the Ammonites 2 Lan. xii. 30 

430. Hiel, the Bethelite, fulfilling the prophecy of Josliua, 

Josh. vi. 26.1 Kingxvi. 31. 
• 431. See 2 Kings vi. 32. 

432. Saul and his Armor bearer 1 Sam. xxxi. 4. 

AhithojDhel 2 Sam. xvii. 23. 

Samson Judges xvi. 3."). 

Zimri, 1 Kings xvi. 18; Judas. .... .Matt, xxvil. 5. 

433. Forty-eight Josh.xxi. 41 . 

434. Jehoiakim Jer. xxii. 18, 19. 

435. Ishmael Gen. xvii. 20. 

436. By Nathan he was called Jedediah. . . .2 Sam. xii. 25. 

By his mother he was called Lemuel. Prov. xxxi. 

437 . The wicked judges Ps. Iviii. 4 

438. Pashur, a governor of Judah Jer. xx. 4. 

439. Ahaz Isa. vii. 1 4. 

440. John the Baptist and Christ 

441. Seven sons of Saul. 2 Sam. xxi. 9. 

442. Hezekiah, Because the children of Israel did burn in- 

cense to it .2 Kings xvii i. 4. 

443. Nadab and Abihu Lev. x. 1,2. 

444. " Thou shall not put any in thy vessel," Deut. xxiii. 21 

445. Jubal Gen. iv. 21. 

446. The Amalekite in hope of winning David's favor, de- 

clared falsely that he had slain Saul, 2 Sam. i. 15. 

447. Ahasuerus Esther v. 3, 6. 

Herod •. Mark vi. 22, 23. 

448. Abner slain by Joab in Hebron 2 Sam. iii. 27. 

449. Solomon and Jeremiah the furnace of iron, 

1 Kings viii. 5; Jer. xi. 4. 

450. Jeroboam 1 Kings xiv. 11. 

Baasha 1 Kings xvi . 4 . 

Ahab Kings xxi, 24. 

451. Death by fire Lev. x. 1 , 8. 

452. Ishmael Gen. vxii. 20. 

453. The battle of the four Kings Gen. xiv. 

454. Smothered by Hazael 2 Kings viii. 8. 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS, 25 

455. Because they put their trust in horses and chariots, 

Isa xxxi. 1. 

456. Baasha, 1 Kings xvi. 17 ; Jehoshapliat, 

2 Chron. xix. 2. 

457. Eldad and Medod Num. xi. 16. 

458. Potipher, Gen. xxxix. 5 ; Laban Gen. xxx. 27. 

459. Mesha 2 Kings iii. 4. 

460. Ahijah the Shilinifce 1 K'ngs ii. 29 

461. Jenathan and Ahimarx 2 Sam. xxii. 20 

462. Turco 1 Kings iii . 5 ; ix. 2. 

463. See Deut. vii. 8. 

464. See -. Job xvi. 11. 

465. Ezeikel Ezek. xxiv. 8. 

466. Balaam, Num. xxii ; Caiaphas John xi. 49. 

467. By Balaam Num. xxxi. 15. 

468. At the dedication of the Temple. . . .1 Kings viii. 46 ; 

2 Chron. vi. 36. 

469. That of Ephraim Judges viii. 1. 

470. Adah and Zillah, the wives of Lamech, and his daugh- 

ter Na,amah Gen. i v. 19. 

471. The Wench, &c. Judges i. 6. 

472. Balaam. . . .2 Pet. ii. 15 ; ISrum. xxxi. 8 ; Achan, Josh. 

vii. 20 ; Ahab, 1 Kings xxi. ; Ananias and Sap- 
phira, Acts v.; Judas, Matt. xxvi. 15 ; Acts i. 18. 

473. See 2 Kings xxi. 18. 

474. (1) Isa viii. 20 ; (2) John v. 39 ; Acts xv. 11 ; (3) Thess. 

^ ii. 13 ; Heb. iv. 12. 

475. The children of Israel did burn incense to it, " there- 

fore, Hezekiah broke it in pieces", .2 Kings xviii. 4. 

476. In the wilderness of Pharan Num. xii. 16. 

477. David, for numbering the people, made choice of a 

three day's pestilence 2 Sam. xxiv. 13. 

478. Shimei 1 Kings ii. 36. 

479. Jezebel used Ahab's name 1 Kine's xxi. 8. 

480. Ezekiel in his vision Ezek. viii. 3. 

481. Achish, King of Gath 1 Sam. xxi. 12. 

482. Samson to Delilah Judges xvi. 6. 

o 



26 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

483. Noah, Daniel and Job Ezek. xiv. 14. 

484. " Yet now there is hope," &c Ezra. x. 2. 

485. The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God 

of Jacob, Ex. iii. 6, 15, 16; Christ said, God is nofc 
the God of the dead, but of the living.Matt xxii, 32- 

486. Speaking of their father ; he died in his 

own sin Num. xxvii. 2. 

487. The mother of Sisera Judges v. 28. 

488. Ahijah. King Jeroboam's wife 1 Kings xiv. 4- 

490. Jonah was sent to the heathen city of Nineveh, 

Jonah. i . 

491. Zachariah being stoned to death. . .Matt, xxiii. 35, 37. 

492. Hagar and Ishmael Gen. xxi. 14, 17. 

493. The birth of Samson to the wife of Manoah . . Judges xiii. 

494. David 2 Sam. xviii. 3. 

495. Adonibeget Judges i. 6. 

496. Joab of King David's army 1 Chron. xxvii. 34. 

497. Ahasuerus. The good service of Mordecai, 

Esther vi. 1, 3. 

498. Nehemiah sent by Sanballat Neh. vi. 5. 

499. Elisha 2 Kings vii. 1. 

500. Agag, King of the Amalekites, by Samuel, 

1 Sam. XV. 33. 

501. See Zechariah xii. 17 ; 2 Kings xxiii. 29 ; 

2 Chron. xxxv. 24, 25. 

502. See Job. iv. 9. 

503. Abraham's expedition against the kings of 

the East Gen. xiv. 

504. Melchizedek, King of Salem, blessed Abraham as 

priest of *' the most high God ''. ..Gen. xiv. 18, 19. 

505. Amos Amos v. 25. 

506. After Moses slew the Egyptian 

Ex. ii. 11, 15 ; Acts vii. 24, 29. 

507. For the Israelites the way through the Red Sea was 

a way of life, for the Egyptians it was a way of 
death Ex. xiv. 

508. Ishmael Gen, xxi. 17 



OLD TESTAMENT PERSONS. 27 

509. The prophet Isaiah Isa. vi. 

510. Joel Joel i. 20. 

511. One of the children of the prophets, by Jehu the king, 

2 Kings ix. 1, 11. 

512. He fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber, 

2 Kings i. 2. 

513. Moabites. Because Ahaziah worshipped Baal, 

1 Kings xxii. 51,53 ; 2 Kings i. 1. 

514. Elijah's, in which " dogs should lick his blood " 

1 Kings xxi. 19, 22, 24. 

515. Bigthan and Teresh. They were hanged on a tree 

Esther ii. 21. 

516. Athaliah, 2 Kings xi. 1 ; Esther Esther ii. 17. 

517. Jehoram (Elijah's prophecy) 2 Chron. xxi. 19. 

518. Jehoshaphat, King of Judah. Encouraged by the 

Prophet Jahaziel .2 Chron. xx. lo. 

519. Zechariah stoned to death because he reproved Joasli, 

King of Judah 2 Chron. xxiv. 21. 

520. Jehu, by one of the children of the prophets, 

2 Kings xi. 2. 

521. The tribes of Eeuben, Gad and Mannasseh were the 

first to suffer, as from their position on the East of 
the Jordan they were exi30sed, while their country, 
being rich in pasture-land, would be very attractive 
to neighboring nations .2 Kings x. 32, 33. 

522. Athaliah 2 Chron. xxiv. 7. 

523. Jehoram 2 Chron. xxi. 20. 

524. Dukes Gen . xxxvi . 1 .'. 

525. Gehazi, servant of Elisha .2 Kings v. 27. 

526. Jemima, Kezia, Kerenhappuck, daughters of Job, 

Job xlii. 14. 

527. Jonah when he refused to go as missionary to Xino- 

veh. .Jonah first and second chaps. 

528. Saul 1 Sam. xiv. 52. 



28 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

529. Samuel 1 Sam. xii. 2. 

530. Ahab appropriated Naboths 1 Kings xxi. 7. 

531 . Jehosaphat 1 Kings xxii. 30. 

532. David by Shimei 2 Sam . xvi. 35. 

533. Abraham Gen. xviii. 27. 

534. Sarah, 127, Gen. xxiii. 1; Anna, 84, Luke ii. 36. 

535. Samuel 1 Sam. vii. 15. 

536. His son Eleazer, and Moses Num. xx. 28. 

537. When God ordered Samuel to go to Bethlehem and 

anoint David as King 1 Sam. xvi. 12. 

538. Moses took the blood of a ram which had been offered 

up and put it on the tip of their right ears and 
upon the thumbs of their right hands and upon the 
great toes of their right feet Lev. viii. 23, 21. 

539. Because he was first successful in the attack upon the 

Jebusites 1 Chron. xi. 6. 

540. Because he had told King Artaxerxes that God would 

keep them from danger and therefore he was ashamed 
to ask the king for help Ezra viii. 22. 

541. Isaiah to Hezekiah 2 Kings xx. 7. 

542. Asa 2 Chron. xvi. 12. 

543. Zedekiah 2 Kings xxv. 7. 

544. Eleazar Num. xx. 26. 

545. Ammonites 2 Sam xii. 31. 

546. Jacob Gen. xxviii. 17. 

547. Bildad, Eliphaz and Zophar Job. ii. 11. 

548. Ebenezer. By Samuel after the victory of Israel over 

the Philistines 1 Sam. vii. 12. 

549. The law of inheritance. Moses. Daughters of Zelophe- 

had Num. xxvii. 1, 11. 

550. The two kings of the Amorites Joshua xxiv. 12. 



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TO 

NEW TESTAMENT CURIOSITIES 

PERTAINIIffi TO 



JP £1*001X0. 



1. Felix, Acts xxili. 24 ; Festus. Acts xxiv. 27. 

Fortunatiis 1 Cor. xvi. 17 

2. Lydia at Thyatira Acts xvi. 14. 

3. Phebe Romans xvi. 27. 

4. Felix before Paul Acts xxiv. 25. 

5. Forty men to kill St. Paul Acts xxiii. 21. 

6. Tertullus Acts xxiv. 1. 

7. Tertullus.. Acts xxiv. 5. 

8. St. Paul Acts xxi. 34, 40. 

9. His address at Jerusalem Acts xxii. 

10. Quartus Rom. xvi. 23. 

11. Him that overcometh Rev. ii. 17» 

12. St. Paul Acts XX. 7. 

13. Peter ♦. .John xiii. 37. 

14. James Acts xii. 2. 

15. At the stoning of Stephen Acts vii. 58. 

16. Peter. Malchus John xviii. 10. 

17. See John i. 45; John xii. 20-22. 

18. Tarsus Acts xxii. 3. 

19. Pharisee Acts xxvi. 5. 



32 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

20. The angel to the Laodiceans 

21. He knew no sin 2 Cor. v. 21. 

22. Go, teach all nations, baptizing them, &c, Matt, xxviii. 10. 

23. Apollos Acts xviii. 24. 

24. The apostle John John xxi . 25. 

25. If ye have love one to another John xiii. 35. 

26. I exceedingly fear and quake Heb. xii. 21. 

27. When rebuked for healing on the Sabbath, Mark iii. 

5; and for blessing little children Mark x. 11. 

28 See John xxi. 18. 19. 

29. I am with you always Matt, xxviii. 20. 

30. Eutychus Acts xx. 9. 

31. St. Paul Acts xxiv. 5. 

32. The eunuch Acts viii. 26-39. 

33. Agabus Acts xxi. 10-11. 

34. Anna the prophetess. , Luke ii. 36. 

35. Jesus John i. 9; viii. 12; xii. 46. 

36. Persecuting the disciples Acts ix. 18; xxii. 5-6. 

37. Lord what wilt thou have me to do Acts ix. 6-11. 

38. Ananias Acts ix. 9-1 S. 

39. Corinthians 1 Cor. ix. 2. 

40. The Jews Rom. x. 1 2. 

41. John X. 20; Paul, Acts xxvi. 24. 

42. Gamaliel Acts v. 34 ; xxii. 3. 

43. 1930 years Bible Chronology. 

44. He first appeared to her Mark xvi. 9. 

45. Cleopas and Luke, two of his disciples ...Luke xxiv. 15. 

46. To the eleven Apostles Mark xvi. 14. 

47. By our Saviour to the Apostles, " as they sat at meat " 

after his resurrection and just previous to his as- 
cension ? Mark xvi. 14-15. 

48. One Voice in Behalf of Jesus. — Amid all the Scribv^^s. 

and Pharisees and devout Jews ; among all the 
disciples who were at Jerusalem at the passover; in 
all that excited multitude which seemed hungry 
for the blood of the captive Christ, there was one 
voice that was publicly lifted up in behalf of that 



NEW TESTAMENT PERSONS, 33 

*^ Just man." Only one! The Apostles were affright- 
ed. Bold Peter acted the coward and the craven. 
The Marys and Marthas felt themselves forlorn and 
impotent to help. But one woman, the wdfe of the 
heathen governor, Pontius Pilate, boldly petitioned 
for the life of the innocent. This noble act was 
deemed worthy of a record in the Gospel. It should 
be ever remembered to the honor of womanhood, 

Matt, xxvii. 19. 

49. Nicodemus John iii. 2. 

50. Simon a Cyrenian Mark xv. 21. 

51. Father forgive them for they know not what 

they do Luke xxiii. 34. 

To-day thou shalt be with me in paradise, Luke xxiii. 43. 

Woman behold thy Son .John xix. 26. 

Behold thy mother John xix. 27. 

Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani Mark xv. 34. 

I thirst .John xix. 28. 

It is finished. John xix. 30. 

Father into thy hands I commend my spirit, 

Luke xxiii. 46. 

52. Art thou the King of the Jews? Luke xxiii. 3. 

53. Peter, James and John Gal. ii. 9. 

54. Our Saviour John v. 39. 

55. John 

56. Simon the leper Matt. xxvi. 6. 

57. Paul Acts xvii. 28. 

58. Peter Acts xii. 8. 

59. When healing the cripple at Lystria Acts xiv. 8. 

60. Mercurius, by the heathen at Lystria, when he healed 

the cripple Acts xiv. 1 2. 

61. Jupiter Acts xiv. 12. 

62. Dionysius Acts xvii. 3 1. 

63. Demas 2 Tim. iv. 10. 

64. St. Paul to the Philippians Phil. ii. 10. 

65. Gains Rom. xvi. 23; John, 3rd Epistle, v. 6. 

2* ' 3 



34 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

66. Those that have washed their robes and made them 

white in the blood of the Lamb. . . .Rev. vii. 13, 17. 

67. A prof essedChristian and yet a malicious person 3 John 9. 

68. Agabus Acts xi. 28. 

69. Paul Acts xxiii. 2. 

70. Jesus Christ John xix. 23. 

71. ISTew Jerusalem Rev. xxi. 14. 

72. Paul at Damascus Acts ix. 2; Cor. xi. 32. 

73. Tentmaking Acts xviii. 3. 

74. Damaris Acts xvii. 34. 

75. Ananias and Sapphria Acts v. 1, 10. 

76. Peter. That they might be healed Acts v. 15. 

77. Paul Acts xxviii. 3. G. 

78. Stephen Acts vi. 15. 

r Jairus' daughter Matt. ix. 25. 

79. < Widow's son of Nain Luke vii. 15. 

( Lazarus John xi. 44. 

rsr. ( Tabitha by Peter Acts ix. 40. 

( Eutychus by Paul Acts xx. 10. 

81. The saints which slept Matt, xxvii. 52. 

82. Two whole years Acts xxviii. 30. 

83. St. Pauls Acts xxiii. 12. 

84. Matthias .Acts i. 23. 

85. By the sword, by order of Herod Acts xii. 2. 

86. The Queen of Sheba 1 Kings x. 1; 2 Chron. ix. 1. 

87. Diotrephes 3 John ix. 10. 

88 . Stephens Acts vii. 60. 

89. See Matt. iv. 11; Luke xxii. 43. 

90. St. Luke Luke x. 1 , 

91. St. Paul Rom. x. 19. 

92. Ephesus Acts xxi. 29. 

93. Herod Agrippa .... Acts xii. 2. 

94. The law of Moses, the prophets, and the Psalms, 

Luke xxiv. 44. 

95. See John iii. 1, 21 ; vii. 50 ; xix. 39. 

96. Barnabas Acts iv. 34, 37. 

97. At the beginning of his ministry, 

John ii. 14, 16 and near its close ; Matt. xxi. 12, 13. 



NEW TESTAMENT PERSONS. 35 

98. The raising of Jairus' daughter, Matt. ix. 23; Mark v. 38. 

99. See Matt. viii. 29; Mark iii. 11; Luke iv. 34, 41. 

100. Before Annas, John xviii. 13; Caiaphas, Matt. xxvi. 57; 

The council Luke xxiii. 3. 

101. St. Paul. By the people when he healed the impotent 

man Acts xiv. 12. 

102. Peter 1 Peter ii. 25. 

103. Philemon Phil. xxii. 

104. See Acts xv. 36. 

105. Twice. St. Paul Gal. vi. 9; 2 Thess. iii. 13. 

106. See = John xvii. 3. 

107 Gen. xl. 20; Matt. xiv. 6. 

108. Jesus answered and said "If I had spoken evil, bear 

witness of the evil, bat if well, why smitest thou 
me ? " , John xviii. 23. 

109. The Apostle Peter 2 Peter ii. 5. 

110. Drusilla, the Jewess , Acts xxiv. 24. 

111. Because he believed not the angel who told him of the 

birth of his son , Luke i. 20. 

112. Agabus , ....,..., Acts xi. 28. 

113. The preaching of Christ crucified 1 Cor. i. 23. 

114. Herod . Luke xiii. 23. 

115. The salutation of Paul with mine own hand which is 

the token in every epistle 2 Thess. iii. 17. 

116. Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I, Paul, 

once and again, but Satan hindered us, 

1 Thess. ii. 18. 

117. When he took upon himseK the vow of a Nazarite and 

went into the temple to fulfil the same according 
to the Lord Num. vi. 2, 21; Acts xxi. 23, 27. 

118. Epaphroditus, whom St. Paul sent as a messenger from 

Kome to the Philippians Phil. ii. 25, 9, 

119. St. Paul. Whensoever I take my journey into Spain. 

I will come by you into Spain Kom. xv. 24, 28. 

120. Zenis Titus iii. 13. 

121. Publius Acts xxviii. 7. 



36 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

122. When Peter wished to know what would happen to St. 

John John xxi. 21, 23. 

123. The Epistle to the Galatians Gal. vi. 11. 

124. Lucius, Jason and Sosipater Rom. xvi. 21. 

125. That in the upper room, waiting with the apostles the 

out-pouring of the Holy Ghost Acts i. 14. 

126. Because the disciples were the witnesses of his resurrection, 

and the full reception of this fact was necessary for 
the faith of future ages Acts i. 2. 

127. The gift of the Comforter and his own personal return . 

John xii. 16, 19, 22, 28. 

128. Menander Cor. xv. 33. 

Epimendes Titus i. 12. 

129. See John xvii. 15. 

130 Acts vii. 45; xiii. 6; Col. iv. 11. 

131. (1.) St. Paul Phil. iii. 8. 

(1.) The rich fool Luke xii. 18. 

(1.) Balaam Xum. xxiii. 10. 

132. The seven sons of Sceva Acts xix. 11. 

133. Agabus Acts xxi. 14. 

134. Mej^hibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saal, 

2 Sam. iv. 4. 

135. Trophimus Acts xx. 4. 

136. How is it that ye sought me ? Wist ye not that I must 

be about my father's business, and it is finished, 

John xix. 30; Lukeii. 49. 

137. Of Simeon, Peter, and Andrew his brother. .Mark i. 17. 
138- St. Peter 1 Peter ii. 25. 

139. To Philemon Phil. xxii. 

140. See Matt. xxi. 16. 

141. Diotrephes 3 John 9, 10. 

142. Archelaus Matt. ii. 22. 

143. See John v. 7. 

144. The Sadducees say there is no resurrection, neither anger 

nor spirit, but the Pharisees confirm both, 

Acts xxiii. 8. 

145. Body Heb. x. 5. 



NEW TESTAMENT PERSONS. 37 

Soul John xii. 27. 

Spirit John xiii. 21. 

146. Thirteen times as seated, but only once as standing, 

Acts vii. 56. 

147. His body unconfined by the laws of nature, he appeared, 

the doors being shut, and vanished from the sight of 
the two disciples of Emmaus, Luke xxiv. 31 ; John 
XX. 19 ; finally unrestrained by the laws of gravita- 
tion, rose materially into a cloud that received him 
out of their sight Acts i. 9. 

148. '^ A dark place " 2 Peter i. 19. 

149. *' Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it John ii. 5. 

150. " Darkness." The darkness comprehended it not, 

John i. 5. 

151. See John i. 15. 

152. See 2 John x ; Titus iii. 10. 

153. Nathaniel. *' Behold an Israelite, indeed, &c." 

John i. 47. 

154. ''Passed from death unto life." 

^ 1 John iii. 14 ; John v. 24. 

155. When Satan is cast out and overcome Rev. xii. 12. 

156. John the Baptist: ''I am the voice of one crying in 

the wilderness" John i. 23. 

157. Stephen Acts vii. 55. oQ, 

158. " Which is, and which w^as, and which is to 

come, the Almighty Rev. i. 8. 

159. Spoken to the angel of the church in Sardis, 

Eev. iii. 1. 

160. The two malefactors crucified with our Lord, 

Luke xxiii. 32-43. 

161. Claudius Acts xviii. 2. 

162. Epaphroditus Phil. iv. 18,24. 

163. Julius Acts xxvii. 1. 

1 64. Paul to the Jews Acts xviii. 6. 

165. See John v. 24. 

163. At the grave of Lazarus John xi. 33. 

Over Jerusalem Luke xix. 41. 



38 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

In Gethsemane Heb. v. 7. 

167. See James ii. 19. 

168. Crispus, Gaius, & Stephanas 1 Cor. i. 14, 16. 

169. See Luke i. 47. 

170. Salome, the mother of Zebedee's children. Matt. xx. 20. 

171. Peter on the day of Pentecost Acts ii. 41. 

172. Pergamos : " Where Satan's seat is,*' or where Satan 

dwelleth Rev ii. 13. 

173. Paul and his companions before the shipwreck. 

Acts xxvii. 37. 

174. '' That for which I give thanks " 1 Cor. x. 30. 

175. On His way to Cavalry. *' Weep for yourselves, &c.'' 

Luke xxiii. 28. 



ANSWERS 

TO 

OLD TESTAMENT CURIOSITIES 

PERTAINING TO 

|3lacc0 anJi Cocalittcs. 



1. Zoar Genesis xix. 23. 

2. By Adam in the Garden of Eden Gen. iii. 8. 

3. Nineveh Jonah ii. 4. 

4. Jerusalem 2 King xxi. 13. 

5. Jericho 2 Chron xxviii. 15. 

6. Bethlehem Gen. xxxv. 19, 20 

7. Babylon Isa. xiii. 19, 20; Jer. xxv. 12. 

8. From the river of Egypt to the Euphrates. ..Gen. xv. 18. 

9. See 2 Sam. vii. 21. 

10. See . 2 Sam. xix. 18. 

11. Solomon's navy at Ezion-geber on the 

Red Sea 1 Kings ix. 26. 

12. Gibeon Josh. ix. 3, 15. 

13. In Jerusalem in the reign of Solomon 2 Chron. i. 15. 

14. Babylon Isa. xiii. 19. 

15. Nob 1 Sam. xxi. 1, 6. 

16. Mount Ebal Deut. xxvii. 13. 

17. Damascus. See Bible Dictionarv Gen. xiv. 15 

18. Mount Tabor 2 Kings xxiii. 29. 

19. Mount Carmel by King Ahab 1 Kings xviii. 20- 

20. Makkedah , Josh. x. 16. 

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42 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

21. Sisera and Barek Judges iv. 15. 

22. See Isa. xiii 1, 22 ; xiv. 22 ; Jer. 1. 

23. Shall stand before kings and not before mean men, 

Prov. xxii. 29. 

24. A lion 1 Kings xiii. 21. 

25. The turtle dove and pigeon Lev. v. 7. 

26. See Lev. v. 5; Prov. xxviii. 13; 1 John i. 9. 

27. See Prov. iii. 12; Heb. xii. 6; Rev. iii. 1-9. 

28. See . . Gen.vii. 1 ; xix. 12 ; xxx 27 ; xxxix. 5 ; Acts, xxvii. 23, 

29. Stork, turtle, crane, and swallow Jer. viii. 7. 

30. Righteousness. . . .Prov. xiv. 34; Ps. xxxiii. 12; cxliv. 15. 

31. A dove Gen. viii. 12. 

32. Genesis xv. 18; xvii. 8. 

33. Gibeon, Chephirah, Buroth, and Kerjath jearim, 

Josh. ix. 17. 

34. Ai Josh viii. 5, 25. 

35. Mount Moriah in Jerusalem 2 Chron. iii. 1. 

36. Nimrod Gen. x. 8, 12. 

37. The name given by Laban to the monument erected by 

Jacob, signifying, *'The Lord watch between me 
and thee, when we are absent one from another," 

Gen. xxxi. 49. 

38. If ten righteous persons could be found. . .Gen xviii. 20. 

39. Six. Kedesh, Shechem, Plebron, Bezor, Ramoth-Gilead, 

and Golon Josh. xx. 7. 

40. Fifty Num. viii. 25. 

41. The stone which Joshua set up as a memorial and wit- 

ness of a covenant with the tribes of Shechem, 

Josh xxiv. 27. 

42. Nineveh Nahum iii. 10. 

43. At Jehovah-jireh . ..... Gen. xxii. 14. 

41. Solomon's temple was built on Mount Moriah where 

Abraham built the altar for Isaac 

45. Shechem 2 Ci.ron. iii. 1. 

46. The territory that Caleb passed over when lie spied the 

land Deut. i. 36- 

47. Shechem Jnd. ix. 45. 



OLD TESTAMENT PLACES AND LOCALITIES. 43 

48. See Jtid. vi. 21. 

49. See Jud. x. 4. 

50. Mount of Corruption 2 Kings xxiii. 13. 

See origin in same verse. 

51. Eagles indicated Romans. .Deut. xx^dii.49 ; Matt. xxiv. 28. 

52. Forty-eight, Josh. xxi. 41. 

53. By Heile, the Bethelite, fulfilling t'le propliecy of 

Joshua Josh. vi. 26; 1 Kings xvi. 34. 

54. Becaus3 he took the city from the Jebusites.2 Sam. v. 7. 

55. King Omri, Hill of Samaria 1 Kings xvi. 24. 

56. Mount Gerizim: Deut. xxvii. 12. 

57. Mount Ebol Deut. xxvii. 13. 

58. Mount Gilboa 2 Sam. i. 6. 

59. Thirty-one Judges xii. 24. 

60. Jerusalem Jer. lii. 4, 6^ 

61. See. Gen. xxviii. 19; Hosea iv. 15. 

62. The fall of Jericho Joshua vi. 

63. " Bethel shall come to naught " Amos v. 5. 



ANSWERS 

TO 

NEW TESTAMENT CURIOSITIES 

PERTAINTNG TO 

|)Iacc0 anb Cocalitiea. 



1. The mourning made for Jacob by his son J@seph. 

2. Gadarenes ; compare Matt. viii. 28 ; Mark v. 1. Gen. 11. 

3. Mount Olivet Acts i. 12. 

4. Cana in Galilee John i. 45. 

5. At Antioch in Picidia Acts xiii. 14. 

6. Betheny Matt. xxvi. 6; Mark xiv. 3; John xii. 1- 

7. Mount of Olives Luke xxi. 37 ; John viii. 1. 

8. Melita Acts xxvii. 41. 

9. Antioch , . Acts xiv. 26. 

10. Lystrea Acts xiv. 19. 

11. Paphos in Cyprus Acts xiii. 6. 

12. Gath-hepher 2 Kings xiv. 25. 

13. Capernaum Matt. xi. 23. 

14. At Thessalonica, of the disciples. Acts. xvii. 1, 6. 

15. Eoman Luke ii. 1. 

16. Nazareth John i. 46. 

17. Athens Acts xvii. 22. 



ANSWERS 

TO 

OLD TESTAMENT CURIOSITIES 

PERTAI>'IKG TO 



^I)ing0. 



1. A cherubim and a flaming sword Gen. iii. 24. 

2. The Serpent Gen. iii. 14. 

3. Gopher wood Gen. vi. 14. 

4. That water had abated from the face of the earth, 

Gen. viii. S- 

5. Balm, honey, spices, myrrh, nuts and almonds, 

Gen. xliii. 11. 

6. Shittim wood Ex. xxv. 10. 

7. Fear God and keep his commandments Eccl. xii. 13. 

8. A brother offended Prov. xviii. 19. 

9. Cold water to a thirsty soul Prov. xxv. 25. 

10. Pen of iron and point of diamond Jer. xvii. 1. 

11. On palm leaves, bark of trees and papyrus, 

Isa. XXX. 8 ; Luke i. 63. 

12. The glory is departed. By Phinehas' wife to her son 

whom she named Ichabod 1 Sam. iv. 21. 

13. See book of Esther. 

14. 1st. A lion killed the disobedient prophet. 

1 Kings xiii. 24. 



52 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

2d, A lion killed the man that disobeyed the prophet 

1 King XX. 35, 36. 

3d, Lions killed Daniel's enemies Daniel vi. 24. 

4th, Bears killed Elisha's mockers 2 King ii. 24. 

15. 150 Shekels (at 33c) about $80 2 Chron. i. 17. 

16 . Seven years 1 Kings vi. 38. 

17. His mantle 2 Kings ii. 13. 

18. Fire came from heaven and consumed the sacrifice 

Glory of the Lord filled the house 

1 Kings viii. 11; 2 Chron. vii. 

19. Two. 1st, Elijah. . . .1 Kings xvii. 10 ; James v. 17, 18. 

1st, Samuel 1 Sam. xii. 16, 18. 

20. By Elijah or Elias. ..2 Kings xvii. 11 ; James, v. 17, 18. 

21. Pillar of cloud by day ; pillar of fire by -night, 

Ex. xiii. 21. 

22. Jew^els of gold and silver and raiment. . . .Gen. xxiv. 53. 

23. The confusion of tongues Gen. xi. 6, 9. 

24. Men of Succoth to Gideons army Judges viii. 4, 6. 

25. Assyrian army .2 Kings vii. 39. 

26. Suits of apparel, rings, &c Isa iii. 18, 23. 

27. A coat of many colors from Jacob to Joseph, 

Gen. xxxvii. 3. 

28. A linen girdle. On the bank of the Euphrates, 

Jer. xiii. 4. 

29. The Hebrews of the Egyptians Ex. xii. 35. 

30. Trees used for meat. They are man's life. 

Deut. XX. 19, 20. 

31. Death of the first born Exodus xi. 5. 

32. See Prov. i. 10 ; i. 15 ; iv. 14, 15. 

33. Three thousand Job i. 3. 

34. All things 1 Cor. iii. 21, 23. 

35. Jacob Gen. Iii. 1. Joseph Gen. 1. 26. 

36. The nation of Israel Exodus xxxi. 13; Lev. 22, 9. 

The first born ISTum. viii. 17. 

Aaron and his family Ex. xxix. 44. 

The tribe of Levi Num. viii. 14 ; Ex. xviii. 25. 

The tabernacle Ex. xxix. 43. 



OLD TESTAMENT THINGS. 53 

The temple 2 Chron. vii. 16. 

87. Bulls Ps. xxii. 12. Trees Isa, ii. 13. Fatlings 

Ezek. xxxix. 18. 

38. One third of a shekel Neh. x. 32. 

39. It descended from heaven, Lev. ix. 21. 

40. The plague of darkness Ex. x. 22, 23. 

41. Songs of Solomon Chap. ii. 11, 13. 

42. See Ps. xxxiii 16; Isa. xxx. 1, 7 ; Jer. xvii.. 5, 6. 

43. See Luke viii. 24 ; Jonah i. 5. 

44. See Isa. xxxiv. 16 ; xli. 17, 18; Matt. vi. 26, 31. 

45. See Isa. xviii. 2. 

46. By the navies of Hiram and Tarshish 1 King x. 22. 

47. Six hundred and sixty-six talents valued at |)56,900 

each, or a total of $37,895,400, 1 King x. 14. 

48. Hewers of wood and drawers of water. . . .Joshua ix. 22. 

49. By Elisha when he caused iron to swim. . .2 King vi. 6. 

50. Balaams ass — Num. xxii. 28, 30. 

51. Sennacherib, King of Assyria 2 Kings xix. 36. 

52. The prophet Ezekiel Ezek. xxxvii. 15. 

53. The fiftieth year Lev. xxv. 9. 

54. Cursed Josh. vi. 20. 

55. See Luke v. 21 ; Isa.xliii. 25. 

56. In the case of Zacheus Luke xix. 2. 

57. By sea on floats • • • • 1 Kings v. 9. 

58. See Psa. xxix. 3, 10. 

f When Joshua commanded it to stand still, 

., i Josh. x. 12, 13 

59. ■< * 
* I When Hezekiah prayed that it should be turned back 

[ ten degrees as a sign 2 Kings xx. 11. 

60. Paul. .Eom. v. 3. James. . Jas. i. 2. Peter. .Pet. iv. 12. 

2 Cor. xii. 9, 10. 

61. Josh. vii. 16 ; 1 Sam. x. 20 ; xiv. 41 ; John xix. 23; 

Acts i. 26. 

62. Moses deliverance of Israel. . . .Ex. iii. 11 ; Josh. vi. 20. 

Judges vii. 7, 22 ; 1 Sam. xvii. 4 ; 2 Chron. xiv. 13. 

12 ; xvi. 8. 

63. Fear God and keep his commandments.. . .Eccl. xii. 13. 



54 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

64. The golden rule James ii. 8. 

65. In the days of the prophet Samuel 1 Sam^. xii. 18. 

66. A good name Eccl. vii. 1 . 

67. The blessing of the Lord Prov, x. 22. 

68. Ruling one's spirit Prov. xvi. 32. 

69. The tables of stone 2 Chron. v. 10. 

70. Seven. At the creation Gen. ii. 2. 

In the wilderness on the giving of manna. . .Ex. xvi. 25. 

In the fourth commandment Ex. xx. 10. 

In the Sabbath of the seven years Lev. xxv. 4. 

In the jubilee seven times seven years Lev. xxv. 9. 

The Sabbath of the land in the 70 years captivity, 

2 Chron. xxxvi. 21, 

The prophetic Sabbath of the world Heb. iv. 9. 

Ps. xcv. 11, 

71. Death Lev. xxvi. 16. 

72. Yes. See Isa. Iv. 7 ; Ezek. xviii. 21, 22. 

73. Two or three Deut. xix. 15. 

74. Two Gen. xlix. 10 ; Dan. ix. 24, 37. 

75. See Heb. i. 14. 

76. See Eccles i. 7. 

77. The Syrian army at Dothan 2 Kings vi. 18. 

78. At the siege of Samaria 2 Kings vi. 2r. 

79. Thirty thousand I.Sam, iv. 6. 

80. Forty thousand 2 Sam. x. 18. 

81. Forty-two thousand Judges xii. 6. 

82. Twenty-four thousand Num. xxv. 9. 

83. A three day's pestilence. 70,000 died. .2 Sam. xxiv, 15. 

1 Chron. xxi. 14. 

84. Three thousand Ex. xxxii. 28. 

85. Three thousand , . . .Judges xvi. 27. 

86. One thousand Dan. v. 1 . 

87. One thousand Judges xv. 15. 

88. One thousand ISTum. xxxi 4. 

89. Eighty pieces of silver (.f45) 2 Kings vi. 25. 

90. By Elisha in restoring the poisoned pottage at Gilgal 

2 Kings iv. 41. 



OLD TESTAMENT THINGS. 55 

91. Crackling of thorns under a pot Eccles. vii. 6. 

92. Boards of shittim wood overlaid with gold 

Exodus xxvi. 15, 30. 

93. Four. 1st, twined linen ; 2d, goats' hair ; 3d rams' skins ; 

4tli, skin of an unknown (badger) animal 

Exodus xxvi. 1, 14. 

94. The ravens that fed Elijah 1 Kings xvii. 3, 6. 

95. Ark of the covenant. Exod. xl. 20, 21. Inside of t e 

ark was the "testimony," or the two tables of sbone, 
on which were engraved "ten commandments." 1 
Kings viii. 9. Before the ark was laid a pot contain- 
ing an omer (five one-tenths pints) of manna. Exod. 
xvi. 32, 34. Aaron's rod that budded. Num. xvii. 
10. By the side of the ark was a copy of the book 
of the law. Deut. xxxi. 26. Paul says the pot of 
manna and Aaron's rod were inside the ark. 

41 eb. ix. 4. 

96. To repair the temple 2 Chron. xxiv. 9. 

97. Drawn on a new cart by two cows 1 Sam. vi. 7. 

98. One hundred and fifty-three Jolm xxi. 11. 

99. Two hundred shekels weight (6 pounds) ..2 Sam. xiv. 26. 

100. Three hundred cubits (547 ft.) Gen. vi. 15. 

101. Xine hundred chariots of iron Judges iv. 3. 

102. Four thousand 1 Chron. xxiii. 5. 

1U3. Four thousand 2 Cliron. ix. 25. 

104. Twelve thousand 1 Kings iv. 26. 

105. Six hundred Ex. xiv. 7. 

106. Till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain. 

Isaiah xxx. 17. 

107. See Prov. xxv. 19. 

108. Sse 2 Kings xiii. 20, 21. 

109. The dew mun. xi. 9. 

110. Their clothes waxed not old Deut. viii. 4. 

111. King Jehoiachin was only eight years old and was said 

to have done evil in the sight of the Lord 

2 Chron. xxxvi. 9. 

112. See Jud, v. 29. 



56 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

113. See Judges iii. 20. 

114. See Gen. xxxv. 5. 

115. By Og, King of Bashan Deut. iii. 11. 

116. Admah and Zeboim Deut. xxix. 23. 

117. Then Isaac sowed in that land (Gerar) and received 

in the same year an hundredfold. . . . Gen. xxvi. 12. 

118. That all raiment of the poor should be returned at 

sunset, and that a widow's raiment was never to be 
taken in pledge at all Deut. xxiv. 10. 

119. After the battle against the Moabites and Ammon- 

ites 2 Chron. xx. 25. 

120. Nehushtan 2 Kings xviii. 4. 

121. One hundred thousand were slain 1 Kings xx. 20. 

122. See Amos v. 8. 

123. By not being able to pronounce the *Mi " in the word 

'' Shibboleth " Judg. xii. 6. 

124. And Jesse took an ass laden with bread and a bottle 

of wine and a kid, and sent them by David his son 
unto Saul 1 Sam. xvi. 20. 

125. Mesha King of Moab^ was asheepmaster and rendered 

unto the King of Israel an hundred t'lousand lambs 
and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool 

2 Kings iii. 4. 

126. Exod. xii. 23 ; 2 Kings xix. 35. 

127. 1. At the deliveration of the Israelites from Egypt 

John iii. 14. 

2. By Elijah 2 Kings ii. 8. 

3. By Elisha 2 Kings ii. 14. 

128. The oak under which Deborah was buried was called 

AUon-bachuth, or the oak of weeping.. Gen. xxxv. 8. 

129. See Isa. Ixv. 20. 

130. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was 

Jarhan, and Shesm gave his daughter, Jarhan to 
wife 1 Chron. ii. 34, 35. 

131. A certain man drew a bow at a venture and smote the 

King of Israel between th^ joints of the harness 

2 C rou. xviii. 33. 



OLD TESTAMENT THINGS, 57 

By chance there came down a priest tliat way and 
passed on the other side Luke x. 31. 

132. See Isa. viii. 6. 

133. "Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them t' at 

they make them fringe in the borders of their gar- 
ments, and that they put upon the fringe of th? 
border a riband of blue, that ye may look upon and 
remember all the commandments of the Lord and do 
them" Num. xv. 38. 

134. See Kev. xxii. 9. 

135. See Isa. xxxiv. 13. 

136. Cracknels . , = , 1 Kings xiv. 3. 

137. David at Keilah 1 Sam. xxiii. 11. 

138. And I heard but understood not Dan. xii. 8. 

139. See Acts xiii. 33. 

140. Pride Isa. xvi. 6. 

141. Syrians against Israel ; 100,000 Syrians slain 

1 Kings XX. 29, 

142. The attempt made by Haman to destroy all the Jews in 

the kingdom of Ahasuerus . . .Esther ix. 20. 

143. Ten thousand talents of silver Esther iii. 9. 

144. The Sidomites 1 Kings v. 6, 

145. Because the Prince of Tyre had set himself up as God 

and lifted up his heart in pride. . . . Ezek. xxviii. 2. 

146. Two talents of silver and two changes of garments 

2 Kings V. 23. 

147. Four 2 Kings vii. 3. 

148. The blessing from mount Gerizim, upon v^hich stood 

the elders of the tribe of Simeon, Levi, Judah, 
Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin; the cursing from 
mount Ebal, upon which stood the elders of Reuben, 
Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali 
^ Deut xxvii. 12, 13. 

149. Consumption and burning ague Lev. xxvi. 16. 

150. Stoned to death Num. xv. 36. 

151. The Emims Deut. ii. 11. 

152. A lamb or a kid Exod . xii. 5. 

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58 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

153. By means of His prophet ElisLa He multiplied tlie 

widow's oil 2 Kings iv. 4, 7. 

154. And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharoah ; 

for the Egyptians sold every man his field because the 
famine prevailed over them: so the land became 
Pharaoh's Gen. xlvii. 20. 

155. Mount of Corruption 2 Kings xxiii. 13. 



156. See 2 King's vi. 1 



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O. 



157. Because the land was God's and they were only strangers 

and sojourners there Lev. xxv. 23. 

158. That he might thrust out all their right eyes and lay it 

for reproach upon all Israel 1 Sam. xi. 2. 

159. He stopped the upper water source of Gihon and brought 

it straight down to the west side of the city of David 

2 Chron. xxxii. 30. 

160. See Job xxxix. 13, 14. 

161. One hundred and fifty- three thousand and six hun- 

dred 2 Cliron. ii. 17. 

162. On the occasion of giving names to t!ie animal crea- 

tion Gen. ii. 19. 

163. On the sixth day, Friday, man, and subsequently re- 

deemed Gen. i. 31 ; Luke xxiii. 54. 

164. The brazen serpent that Moses had made was broken 

in pieces by Hezekiali 2 Kings xviii. 4. 

165. See Exod. xxxii. 10 ; ISTum. xiv. 12. 

166. See Exod. iv. 21. 

167. David was thirty years old when he began to reign, 

and he reigned forty years 2 Sam. v. 4. 

168. Samuel ordered that portion for Saul, which was a mark 

of highest respect, the shoulder being the priests' 
portion. . . .1 Sam. ix. 24 ; Lev. vii. 32 ; Num. vi. 20. 

169. Birthright, priesthood, and blessing Deut xxi. 15. 

170. A prophetic name of Jerusalem Ezek. xlviii. 35. 

171. When the voice of united praise was heard 

2 Chron. v, 13. 

172. Because every stone was chiselled, every beam sawn, 



OLD TESTAMENT THINGS, 59 

every hole drilled, and every bolt fitted before being 
brought to the city 1. King vi. 7. 

173. See Isa viii. 12. 

174. He that ruleth his spirit Prov. xvi. 32. 

175. Polished brass Exod. xxxviii. 8. 

176. Take great stones in thy hand and hide them in 

the clay in the brick kiln Jer. xliii. 9. 

177. See Prov. xxvi. 4, 5. 

178. Jonah's gourd Jonah iv. 10. 

179. On floats by sea to Joppa .2 Chron. ii. 16. 

180. See Prov. xxx. 30. 

181. See. . Job xxxviii. 7. 

182 Jeremiah vi. 26 ; Amos viii. 10; Zech. xii. 10. 

183. It decended from heaven Lev. ix. 24. 

Nadab and Abihu Lev. x . 1, 2. 

184. See Lev. xxvi. 16. 

185. Figs. Prescribed by the Prophet Isaiah for King 

Hezekiah 2 Kings iv. 18; Isa. xxxviii. 21. 

186. See 2 Kings iv. 18, 20. 

187. See Zech. xii. 10. 

188. Samuel prophecying concerning Saul.l Sam. xv-26, 28. 

189. The coming of John the Baptist in the spirit and power 

of Elijah, Malachi iv. 5. The manifestation of 
Christ, under the emblem of the Son of Righteous- 
ness, Malachi iv. 2. The destruction of Jerusalem, 
under the emblem of a burning oven consuming 
everything cast into it Malachi iv. 1. 

190. See Job xxviii chapter. 

191. The brazen serpent 2 Kings xvii. 4. 

192. *' Teach me thy statutes " Ps. cxix. 

193. See Ezekiel xx. 38. 

194. '' All is vanity " Ecclesiastes. 

195. See Ezekiel vii. 13. 

196. At the death of the Prophet Ezekiel's wife 

Ezekiel xxiv. 15, 18. 

197. Sewing fig leaves Gen. iii. 7. 



60 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

198. See Deut. iv. 28 and other passages. 

199. When the prophetic disciples searched for the body ot 

Elijah 2 Kings xvi. 18. 

200. '' Strong as death " Solomon's Song viii. 6. 

201. See Num. iii. 43, 49. 

202. See Isaiah iii. 18, 23. 

203. If thou dost not well, sin lieth at the door. . .Gen. iv. 7. 

204. See Prov. i. 5, 6. 

205. See Zech. iii. 4. 

206. '^ Set ye Uriah in the fore front of the hottest battle, 

and retire ye from him that he may be smi ten and 
die 2 Sam. xi. 1 5. 

207. See Numbers xviii. 20. 

208. Those that did not keep the commandments 

Lev. xxvi. 16. 

209. When the Prophet Ahijah tore King Jeroboam's cloak 

in twelve pieces 1 Kings xi. 29, 31. 

210. The widow Deut. xxiv. 17. 

211. The jaw bone used by Samson Judges xv. 15, 19. 

212. The fall of the first, the agony and the burial of the 

second Adam, Genesis iii. 3, 7; John xviii. 1,2; Luke 
xxii. 44; John xix. 41, 42 ; 1 Corinthians xv. 45. 

213. See Deut. xxxviii. 37. 

214. Rehum and Shimshai to Artaxerxes Ezra iv. 9. 

Tatnai and others to Darius Ezra v. 6. 

215. See Psalm xviii. 

216. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me 

Psalm, xxii. 1. 

217. By thunder and rain 1 Sam. xii. 17. 

218. Some remove the land marks Job xxiv. 2. 

219. In the battle of Israel with Syria, 100,000 of the latter 

were slain 1 Kings xx. 23, 29. 

220. Almond Num. xvii. 8 



ANSWERS 

TO 

NEW TESTAMENT CURIOSITIES 

PERTAINING TO 



^f)tn90. 



1. All Scripture is given by inspiration o:^ God 

2 Tim. iii. 16. 

Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the 

Holy Ghost .2 Peter i. 21. 

2. Macedonia 2 Cor. viii. 1, 5; Phil. iv. 15, 18. 

3. Kepent Matt. iv. 17. 

4. See Acts xi. 12. 

5. See Isa. xliii. 9 ; Zee. ii. 8. 

6. The faith of the saints Jude 3. 

7. The best gifts 1 Cor. xii. 31. 

8. " If any man do His will " John vii. 17. 

9. Sin against the Holy Ghost .Matt. xii. 13. 

10. At Antioch Acts xi. 29, 

11. See Matt. vi. 22 ; Rom. viii. 17. 

12. See Matt. x. 29. 

13. See Matt. vi. 6 ; Luke xi. 11. 

14. See Heb. xii. 5 ; Prov. iii. 11 . 

15. Searching the Scriptures Acts xvii. 11. 

16. See Heb. iv. 12. 

17. See 2 Cor. iii. 18. 

5 



66 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

18. See John iv. 14 ; Isaiah xii. 3. 

19. See 1 Peter ii. 2 ; 1 Cor. iii. 2; Heb. v. 12, 13. 

20. Heaven Rev. xix. 9. 

21. Feeding the multitude Mark vi. 35; viii. 5. 

22. The angel announcing the birth of Christ. . .Luke ii. 9. 

St. Paul's conversion Acts ix. 3. 

Peter's deliverance from prison Acts xii. 7. 

23. See John iii. 6 ; Titus iii. 5. 

24. Adam. .Gen. ii. 21 ; Abraham. .Gen. xv. 12 ; Saul and 

his army 1 Sam. xxvi. 12. 

25. Birth of Christ .Luke ii. 4. 

26. That which is good 1 Thes. v. 21. 

The form of sound words 2 Tim. i. 13. 

Our confidence Heb. iii. 14. 

Our profession Heb. iv. 14. 

That which ye have already Rev. ii. 25. 

27. The golden pot, Aaron's rod, and tables of the covenant 

Heb. ix. 4. 

28. A meek and quiet spirit 1 Peter iii. 4. 

29. Love Rom. xiii. 10. 

30. See 1 Cor. ix. 14; Gal. vi. 6. 

3L See James i. 23. 

32. Felix Acts xxiv. 25. 

33. Aretas 2 Cor. xi. 32. 

34. A red and lowering sky in the morning. . . .Matt. xvi. 2; 

and a cloud rising out of the west . . . .Mark xii. 54. 

35. St. John the Baptist Matt. iii. 7. 

36. Fifty thousand pieces of silver Acts xix. 19. 

37. See Matt. v. 34. 

38. The turning water into wine John ii. 7, 10. 

The feeding of the multitudes on two occasions. 

Matt. xiv. 15, 21 ; xv. 34, 38, 

39. See James iii. 7. 

40. See '. 2 Peter iii. 8. 

dL The deaf man by the word, Ephphatha. ...Mark vii. 34. 

42. See John v. 19. 

43. And being in agony Luke xxii. 44 



NEW TESTAMENT PERSONS. 67 

44. He never compelled His followers to obey His invitation 

to become His disciples John vi. 67. 

45. The Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our Lawgiver, the 

Lord is our King : He will save us ... . Isa. xxxiii. 22. 

46. He was seen of five hundred brethren at once 

1 Cor. XV. 16. 

47. To Daniel in his visions Dan. viii. 15. 

To Zacharias Luke i. 19. 

And to Mary, mother of Jesus Luke i. 28. 

48. Earnestness, determination, and patience. . Luke viii. 15. 

49. Whosoever committeth sin is the servant(slave) of sin. 

John viii. 34. 

50. Retaliation by forgivenness Rom. xii. 20. 

51. He cannot sin nor repent, or deny himself. .2 Tim. ii. 13. 

52. See Acts xxvi. 18. 

53. Isaiah Isa. xi. 15, 16. 

54. See Rom. ix. 16. 

55. AVisdom Job xxviii. 18 ; Matt. xiii. 45, 46. 

56. That I may '^ make (or ordain) thee a minister." 

Acts xxvi. 16, 18. 

57. * ' Maketh not ashamed " Rom. v. 5. 

58. And forgive us om- sins Luke ii. 4. 

And forgive us our debts Matt. xi. 12. 

59. Barnabas Acts iv. 34 ; ^um. xviii. 20. 

60. Death John v. 24. 

61. Light Eph. V. 8. 

62. The holy commandment 2 Peter xi. 21. 

63. See 1 Cor. xvi. 2. 

64. On the day of Penticost Acts ii. 2. 

65. Saints, believers, disciples, and brethren .... 

66. The hypocrite's hope Job viii. 13. 

67. See Isa. xxxiii. 16 ; xli. 17; Matt. vi. 26, 31. 

68. On the day of Penticost Acts ii. 13. 



ANSWERS 

TO 

BIBLE CURIOSITIES 

PERTALMXG TO 



Qitmc. 



1. Three months Ex. ii. 2. 

2. Seven ^ears Judges vi. 1. 

3. Seven months 1 Sam. vi. 1. 

4. One hundred and forty years Job xlii. 16. 

5. One hundred and twenty years Gen. vi. 3. 

6. Three years and six months in the days of Elias. 

Luke iv. 25. 

7. Forty-six years John ii. 20. 

8. Fifty-two Neh. vi. 15. 

9. Eighteen years Judges iii. 14. 

10. One hundred and fifty days Gen. vii. 24. 

11. Because they believed evil reports and cowardly refused 

to enter the promised land Xum. xiv. 33. 

12. Thirty-one Joshua xii. 1, 24. 

13. Forty Num. xiii. 25. 

14. Three days Ex. xv. 22. 

15. Thirteen years 1 Kings vii. 1. 

16. Eighteen years Judges x. 8 

17. Three months in the house of Obed-edom..2 Sam., vi. 11. 

18. Eighty years Ex. vii. 7. 

19. Ninety-eight 1 Sam. iv. ] 5. 



72 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

20. Two hundred and fifteen years 

21. His time in the land of Midian Acts vii. 30. 

22. One year and ten days Gen. vii. 

23. Seven days Ex. vii. 25. 

24. Two whole years Acts xxviii. 30. 

25. Seven years and six months 2 Sam. ii. 11. 

26. Forty Ex. xvi. 35; Josh. v. 12. 

27. The fourteenth day Ex. xii. 6. 

28. Seventy years Jer.xxv. 11. 

29. Three days Acts ix. 9. 

30. Four hundred and fifty Acts xiii. 20. 

31. Four hundred and thirty Ex. xii. 40. 

32. Seventeen years Gen. xxxvii. 2. 

33. About one hundred years Gen.vi. 3 ; 1 Pet. iii. 20. 

34. Five years Lev. xix. 25. 

35. Ten days 

36. Seven days and nights Job ii. 3. 



KEY TO BIBLE PICTURES. 



PROM THE BOOK OF RUTH. 



1. Moab. 

2. Elimelech and his family. 

3. Bethlehem. 

4. Elimelech — ^Naomi. 

5. Orpah and Ruth. 

6. iN'aomi, Orpah, and Ruth. 

7. Naomi and Ruth— Orpah. 

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8. Ruth. 

9. Ruth. 

10. Fields of Boaz. 

11. Boaz and Ruth. 

12. Obed. 

13. David and Christ. 



KEY TO FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS. 



1. 


Isaiah xxix. 21. 




18. 


2. 


Proverbs xxix. 25. 






3. 


1. Chronicles xxxii. 


, 8. 


19. 


4. 


Jeremiah xvii. 5. 






5. 


Proverbs xii. 10. 




20. 


fy. 


Exodus XV. 11. 




21. 


7. 


1 Sam. ii. 30. 




22. 


8. 


Deut. X. 12; xi. 1. 






9. 


Dent. X. 19. 




23. 


10. 


Lev. xix. 18, 34. 




24. 


11. 


Isaiah xxii. 32, 13. 




25. 


12. 


Jeremiah xiii. 23. 




26. 


13. 


Proverbs xxix. 1. 




27. 


14. 


Zechariah iv. 6, 10. 




28. 


15. 


Exodus xxii. 2. 




29. 


16. 


Genesis vi. 5; viii. 


21. 


30. 


17. 


Jer. xiv. 5; 1 Tim. 


vi. 5- 


-10. 



Prov. xvi . 32 ; Eccles. vii 
8, 9. 

Gen. xviii. 25; Deut. 

xxxii. 4. 

Job ii. 10; Jer. x. 24. 

Isa. xxx. 2, 7, 15, 16. 

Jobix. 2, 3; Psa. xi. 12; 
cxliii. 2. 

Isa. xxx. 21 ; Prov. iii. 5, 6. 

Job viii. 9; John xiii. 7. 

Job xvii. 9; Psa. i. 3. 

Lam. iv. 20. 

Isa. ii. 20. 

Hosea vi. 6. 
. Job xii. 2. 

1 Sam xvi. 7. 



KEY TO SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 



KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 1 . — DAVID. 
KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 2. — *' EvE." — Geii. iil. 20. 
KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 3. — *'GOD." — ReV. XX. 8, 9. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 4. — THE RIVER THAT WENTOUT OF 

EDEN. — Gen. ii. 10. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 5.— HOG's IRON BEDSTEAD. — Deut. lii. 11. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 6.— AARON's ROD. 
KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 7. — THE STONE WHICH SLEW GOLIATH. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 8. — SUNDAY. — Ex. XX. 10. 
KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 9. — "LORD, SAVE US: WE PKRISII." — 

^ Matt. viii. 25. 

1. L-ot Gen. xiii. 11. 

2. 0-thniel Judges iii. 9. 

3. R-achel Gen. xxix. 17. 

4. D-eborah Judges v. 7. 

5. S-hishak 1 Kings xiv. 25. 

6. A-hab 1 Kings xviii. 18. 

7. V-ashti Esther i. 9. 

8. E-sther Esther viii. 3. 



80 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

9. U-r Genesis xv. 7. 

10. S-myrna Kev. i. 11. 

11. W 

12. E-den Gen. ii. 8. 

13. P-hilistines 1 Sam. xix. 8. 

14. E-gyptians Isaiah xx. 4. 

15. E-begium Acts xxviii. 11. 

16. I-conium Acts xiii. 51. 

17. S-eir Deut. ii. 4. 

18. H-oreb Deut. i. 6. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 10. — ELIMELECH — BETHLEHEM. 

Kuth i. 11. 

1. E-lia-i Nnm. xxvi. 8, 9. 

2. L-uk-e Col. iv. 14. 

3. I-scario-^ Matt. x. 4. 

4. M-eriba-^ Num. xx. 13. 

5. E-ba-^ Deut. xi. 29. 

6. L-ak-e Luke viii. 33. 

7. E-la-A 1 Sam. xvii. 2. 

8. C-oloss-e Col. i. 2. 

9. H-ela-m 2 Sam. x. 16. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 11. — GENESIS — NUMBERS. 

1. G-ideo-n Judges vii. 21. 

2. E-sa-M Gen. xxv. 17. 

3. N-ahu-m Nahum i. 1. 

5. E-lia-& 1 Sam. xvi. 7. 

5. S-alom-e Mark xv. 40. 

6. I-zha-7' 1 Chron. vi. 2. 

7. S-osthene-s Acts xviii. 17. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 81 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 2. — *' THE DAYSPRING." — Luke i. 78 

1. T-urtle-doves Luke ii. 24. 

2. H-erod Matthew ii. .7 

3. E-gypt Matthew ii. 13. 

4. D-ream Genesis xxviii. 12. 

5. A-ser Luke ii. 36. 

6. Y-oke Matthew xi. 29. 

7. S-tar Matthew ii. 9. 

8. P-assover Exodus xii. 11. 

9. R-achel Jeremiah xxxi. 15. 

10. I-mmanuel Isaiah vii. 14. 

IL N-azareth Luke ii. 51. 

12. G-ethsemane . .Matthew xxvi. 36. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 13. — '^ I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA " 

(Rev. i. 11, 13; xxii. 12, 13, 16, 20), ''the First and the 
Last ' ' (Isaiah xliv. 6 ; xlviii. 12 ; xli. 4. 

1. Ishbosheath 2 Sam. iv. 1 — 12. 

( 1 Sam. xi. ; xii. 12 ; Judges xi. 4 

2. AM-monites ^ _g . ^ gam. x. 6-19. 

3. ALPH-seus . ( Matt x. 2, 3 ; Mark iii. 16-19; 

\ Luke vi. 13—16. 

4. A-mram .1 Chron. vi. 3 ; Exod. vi. 18, 20. 

5. AND-rew John i. 40—42. 

6. OM-ri 1 Kings xvi. 15—18. 

7. E-mmaus Luke xiv. 13 — 31. 

8. GA-maliel Acts xxii. 3 ; v. 34—39. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO 14. — " INCREASE OUR FAITH.'' — 

Luke xvii. v. 

1. I-sh-borheth. 2 Samuel iv. 

2. N-ethaneel 2 Chronicles xvii. 7, 9. 

3. C-apernaum. Matthew xi. 23. 

4. E-immon 2 Kings v. 18. 

5. E-lymas Acts xiii. 8, 12. 

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82 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

6. A-rk Gen. vii. 11—13 ; viii. 13—116. 

7. S-amuel 1 Samuel iii. ; xii. 2, 23, 

8. E-unice 2 Timothy i. 5 ; iii. 15. 

9. 0-g Numbers xxi. 33. 

10. U-pharsin Daniel v. 25. 

11. R-ehoboam 1 Kings xii. 13. 

12. F-ire Jeremiah xxiii. 29. 

13. A-ngels Hebrews i. 14. 

14. I-shmael Jeremiah xii. 2. 

15. T-itus, . 2 Corinthians vii. 5, 7. 

16. H-orn Luke i. 69. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 15. — JONATHAN. — 2 SaM. XV. 36. 
ABIATHAR. — 2 SaM. XV. 35 

1. J-oshu-a Exodus xvii. 9. 

2 0-re-& Judsfes vii. 25. 



■•o 



3. N-imsh-z 1 Kings xix. 16. 

4. A-mas-f? 2 Sam. xvii. 25. 

5. T-rumpe-/ Josh. vi. 4, 5. 

6. H-ulda-^ 2 Kings xxii. 14—16. 

7. A-rmeni-a 2 Kings xix. 37. 

8. N-ebuchadnezza-r. . . .Dan. iv. 25 — 35. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 16. — " COME UNTO ME." — Matthew xi. 28. 

1. C-aleb IN'umbers xiv. 24. 

2. 0-badiah 1 Kings xviii. 3. 

3. M-ary Magdalene . . . .Mark xvi. 9. 

4. E-lizabeth Luke i. 6. 

5. U-r ISTeh. ix.7. 

6. N-ain Luke vii. 11. 

7. T-admor 2 Chron. viii. 4. 

8. 0-phir 1 Kings ix. 28. 

9. M-icah Micah. i. 1. 

10. E-lijah. , . . 1 Kings xvii. 1. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 83 

Art thou weary, art thou languid, 

Art thou sore distressed ? 
Come to me, saith One ; and, coming, 

Be at rest. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 17. — DUTY — ^* IN EVERYTHING GIVE 
THANKS." — 1 TheSS. V. 18. — PROMISE — " ALL THINGS 
WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THEM THAT LOVE GOD." 

— Rom. viii. 28. 

1. I-scariot Matt. xxvi. 24. 

2. N-athan 2 Sam. xii. 7 — 10. 

3. EVE Gen. iii. 4—6. 

4. R-abbi Matt, xxiii. 6 — 8. 

5. Y-ea..... 2 Cor. i. 20. 

6. TH-yatira Acts xvi. 14. 

7. I-srael Gen. xxxii. 28. 

8. N-ob 1 Sam. xxii. 18, 19. 

9. G-ad 2 Sam. xxiv. 11. 

10. GT-beon Josh. ix. 3—11. 

11. V-au. Psa. cxix. 41. 

12. E-THAN 1 Kings iv. 30, 31. 

13. K-ish 1 Sam. ix. 3. 

14. S-aul 1 Sam. x. 1. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 18 — *' PRINCE OF PEACE." — Isa. Ix. 6. 

1. P-riest Heb. v. 6. 

2. R-oot . .Rev. v. 5. 

3. I-mage of God 2 Cor. iv. 4. 

4. N-azarene Matt. ii. 23. 

5. C-ounsellor Isa. ix. 6. 

6. E-verlasting Father. .Isa. ix. 6. 

7. 0-fEspring of David . .Rev. xvii. 16. 

8. F-ountain Zech. xiii. 1. 



84 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

9. Prophet Deut. xviii. 18. 

10. E-mmanuel Matt. i. 23. 

11. A-lpha Rev. i. 8. 

12. C-hief Corner Stone. .1 Peter ii. 6. 

13. E-ternal Life 1 John v. 20. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO 19. — " THE LORD BLESS THEE, AND 

KEEP THEE." Numbers vi. 24. 

1. T-imothy 1 Tim. i. 2. 

2. H-iram 1 Kings v. 10, 11. 

3. E-lijah Luke ix. 30, 33. 

4. L-eah Gen> xxix. 16. 

5. 0-bed Ruthiv. 17. 

6. R-euben Gen. xxxv. 23. 

7. D-avid .1 Sam^ xvii. 14. 

8. B-arnabas Acts xiii. 1. 

9. L-ysias ► Acts xxiii. 26. 

10. E-lhanan .2 Sam. xxi. 19. 

11. S-hebne » .Isa* xxxvii. 2. 

12. S-harezer 2 Kings xix. 37. 

13. T-ola Judges x. 1. 

14. H-ezekiah 2 Chron. xxxii. 33. 

15. E-srom Luke iii. 33. 

16. E-liphaz Job. ii. IL 

17. A-rba Joshua xxi. 11. 

18. N-athan 2 Sam. xii. 1. 

19. D-eborah Judges iv. 4. 

20. K-ish I Sam. x. 21. 

21. E-liezer Gen. xv. ii. 

22. E-unice 2 Tim. i. 5. 

23. P-hilip John i. 43. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 85 

24. T-ertullus Acts xxiv. 1, 2. 

25. H-erod Luke iii. 19. 

26. E-lymas Acts xiii. 6-8. 

27. E-zekiel Ezek. i. 3. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 20. — "THE LORD RElGNETH." — Psalm 

xciii. 1 : xcvii. 1 ; xcix. 1. 

1. THE-ssalonica Acts xvii. 1. 6. 

2. L-ystra Acts xiv. 8, 11, 19. 

3. OR-nan 2 Chron. iii. 1 ; 1 Chron. xxi. 18 — 

26 ; xxii. 1. 

4. D-ionysius Acts xvii. 16, 34. 



5. RE-hoboam 1 Kings xii. 1 — 11. 

6. I-shbi-benob 2 Sam. xxi. 16. 

7. G-ilgal Joshua iv. 19-23. 

8. N-ebo Deut. xxxii. 49, 50 ; xxxiv. 5, 6. 

9. ETH-baal 1 Kings xvi. 31 ; xviii. 13. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 21. — ZERUIAH — ABIGAIL — SISTERS 

OF DAVID. — 1 Chron. ii. 16, 17. 

1. Z-ib-a 2 Samuel xvii. 4 ; xix. 24 — 29 

2 E-liashi-& Nehemiah iii. 1 ; xiii. 4 — 9. 

3. R-abb-z Matthew xxiii. 8. 

4. U-nbelievin-^ Revelation xxi. 8. 

5. Lturae-a Luke iii. 1. 

6. A-bisha-f 1 Samuel xxvi. 6. 

7. H-anamee-Z Jeremiah xxxii. 6 — 15. 

Zeruiah was mother of Joab, Abishai, and Asahel, who are 
spoken of as sons of Zeruiah. 



86 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 22. — JERICHO. — Josh. vi. 25 — SAMARIA.— 

1 Kings xvi. 24, 28, 

1. J-uda-5 John xii. 6 ; Matt. xxvi. 15. 

2. E-zr-a Ezra vii. 10. 

3. R-amathaim Zophi-m 1 Sam. i. 1. 

4. I-ndi-a Esther i. 1. 

5. C-hedorlaom-r Gen. xiv. 9, 12. 

6. H-agga-e Ezra v. 1, etc. 

7 0-she-a Num. xiii. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 23. — '* COUNSELLOR. '' — Isaiah ix. 6. 

1. C-edar 1 Kings vi. 15. 

2. 0-ak Genesis xxxv. 4. 

3. U-rijah Jeremiah xxxvi. 23. 

4. N-o Jer. xlvi. 25; Ezek. xxx. 14 — -16 

Nahum iii. 8. 

5. S-ycamore Luke xix. 4. 

6. E-schol Num. xiii. 23. 

7. L-uke Col. iv. 14. 

8. L-3^dia Acts xvi. 14. 

9. 0-bed Matt. i. 5. 

10. R-ebekah Genesis xxvii. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 24. — ^^ MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU."— 

John xiv. 27 . 

1. M-icah Micah v. 2. 

2. Y-ea 2 Corinthians i. 20. 

3. P-aul 1 Corinthians ix. 1. 

4. E-mmaus Luke xxiv. 13 — 31. 

5. A-saph 2 Chronicles xxix. 30. 

6. C-ornelius Acts x. 

7. E-agle Deuteronomy xxxii. 11, 12. 

8. I-ttai 2 Samuel xv. 19—22. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 87 

9. G-alilee Isaiah ix. 1, 2 ; Matt. iv. 12-16. 

10. I-saiah Isaiah vi. 6-8. 

11. V-ine John xv. 5. 

12. ' E-benezer 1 Samuel vii. 12. 

13. U-r, of the Chaldees. .Genesis xi. 31 ; xii. 1. 

14. N-ehemiah Nehemiah iv. ; xii. 27. 

15. T-erah Genesis xi. 27. 

16. 0-ded 2 Chronicles xxviii. 9-15. 

17. Y-ear of jubilee Leviticus xxv. 8-17 ; Isa. Ixi. 1, 2. 

18. 0-badiah 2 Chronicles xvii. 7-9. 

19. U-pharsin Daniel v. 5, 25-28. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 25. — ** LOVE YOUR ENEMIES." — Matt. V. 44 

1. L-eah Genesis xxix. 16. 

2. 0-g. Numbers xxi. 33. 

3. y-ashti Esther i. 12. 

4. E-sther Esther ii. 7. 

5. Y-oke Matthew xi. 29. 

6. 0-nesimus Colossians iv. 9. 

7. U-rbane Eomans xvi. 9. 

8. R-uth Euth i. 16. 

9. E-liashib Nehemiah iii. 1. 

10. N-aaman 2 Kings v. 1. 

11. E-liab 1 Samuel xvii. 28. 

12. M-ercurias Acts xiv. 12. 

13. I-shmael Genesis xi. 18-20. 

14. E-phraim Genesis xlviii. 19. 

15. S-hallum. Nehemiah iii. 12. 



88 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 26. — *' Behold, I STAND AT THE DOOR, AND 

knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I 
will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with 
Me.''— Rev. iii. 20. 

1. IS-sachar Gen. xxx. 17, 18. 

2. TA-i^hish Jonah i. 3, 4. 

3. N-athaniel John i. 47. 

4. DAT-han Numb. xvi. 1, 31-83. 

5. THE-udas Acts v. 34, 36. 

6. DO-than 2 Kings vi. 18. 

7. OR-pah Ruth i. 8, 14-16. 

8. AN-nas John xviii. 13. 

9. D-emas 2 Tim. iv. 10. 

10. KNOCK. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 27. — " ASK, AND YE SHALL RECEIVE."— 

John xvi. 24. 

1. A-thaliah 2 Kings xi. 

2. S-hebna Isaiah xxii 15-19. 

3. K-irjath-arba Joshua xx. 7. 

4. A-bed-nego Daniel iii. 

5. N-ehushtan Num. xxi. 8, 9 ; 1 Kings xviii. 4. 

6. D-iana Acts xix. 35. 

7. Y-oke Matthew xi. 29, 30. 

8. E-lhanan 1 Chron. xx. 5. 

9. S-un Malachi iv. 2. 

10. H-ur Exodus xvii. 10-12. 

11. A-dah's Genesis iv. 20, 21. 

12. L-uz Genesis xxviii. 10-22. 

13. L-evi Luke v. 29. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 89 

14. Rome Luke ii. 1. 

15. £-bed-melech Jeremiah xxxviii. 7 — 13. 

16. C-anaaii Jee. xii. 5, 7 ; Heb. xi. 13-16. 

17. E-d Joshua xxii. 34* 

18. I-ddo Zech. i. 1. 

19. y-eil of the Temple. .Matt, xxvii. 51 ; Heb. x. 19, 20. 

20. E-leazar Joshua iii. 13 ; Deut. x. 6. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 28. — ** THOU GOD SEEST ME." — 

Gen.xvi. 13. 

1. T-homa-5. John xx. 27. 

2. H-at-e 1 John iii. 15. 

8. 0-liv-e James iii. 11. 

4. U-ria-5 Matt, i, 6. — . 

5. G-oa-^ Psalm civ. 18 . 

6. 0-rna-?7i(ents) 1 Sam. i. 24. 

7. D-ov-e Gen. viii. 11. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 29. 

B-abel Gen. xi. 4. 

A-bel Gen. iv. 4. 

B-el or Baal Judges ii. 13, etc. 

El Gen. xxiii. 20. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 30. — '* SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE 

LAW." — 1 John iii. 4. 

1. S-alem Heb. vii. 2. 

2. I-chabod 1 Sam. iv. 21. 

3. N-azareth John i. 46. 

4. Isbosheth 2 Sam. ii. 10. 

5. S-almon Ruth i v. 21. 

6. T-ertuUus Acts xxiv. 1. 

7. H-azael 1 Kings xix. 15. 

8. E-liab 1 Sam. xvii. 28. 



90 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

9. T-ahpenes 1 Kings xi. 19. 

10. R-amah 1 Sam. vii. 17. 

11. A-thenians Acts xvii. 22, 23. 

12. IST-aaman Luke iv. 27; 2 Kings iii. ; ix. 24. 

13. S-amson Jndges xvi. 30. 

14. G-ilead 1 Kings xvii. 1. 

15. R-uth Matt. i. 3-5. 

16. E-bed-melech Jer. xxxviii. 7-9. 

17. S-eir Deut. ii. 5. 

18. S-ardis Rev. iii. 1. 

19. I-ssachar Gen. xxx. 17, 18. 

20. 0-thniel Judges iii. 9, 10. 

21. N-ehemiah Neh. ii. 6 ; v. 14. 

22. O-nesimus Phil. 10-15. 

23. F-orty Acts vii. 23. 

24. T-amar 2 Sam. xiv. 27. 

25. H-agar Gen. xvi. 1 ; xxi. 18. 

26. E-liam 2 Sam. xi. 3. 

27. L-ahai-roi Gen. xxv. 11. 

28. A-sher Deut. xxxiii. 24, 25. 

29. W-atch Mark xiii. 37. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 31.—^' SEEK (ye) FIRST THE KINGDOM OP 

GOD.''— Matt. vi. 33. 

1. SE-nnacherib 2 Kings xix. 35. 

2. EK-ron 1 Sam. v. 10; vi. 7, 8. 

3. F-estus Acts xxv., xxvi. 

4. IR-ijah Jer. xxxvii. 13. 

5. ST-ephen Acts vii. 55-60. 

6. THE-bez Judges ix. 50-54. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 91 

7. Kl-shon Judges v. 21. 

8. N-ineveh Jonah iii. 

9. G-ezer 1 Kings ix. 16. 

10. D-aniel Dan. ii., viL, viii., xi., xii. 

11. 0-nesimus Philemon 10-16.. 

12. MO-am 1 Kings xi. 7. 

13. F-elix Acts xxiv. 25-27. 

14. GO-liath 1 Sam. xvii. 49. 

15 D-iana Acts. xix. 27. 

KEY TO EXIGMA NO. 32. — " CEASE YE FROM MAN." — Isaiah il. 22. 

1. C-orn of wheat John xii. 24. 

2. E-agle Deuteronomy xxxii. 11, 12. 

3 . A-dder Psalm lyiii. 4. 

4. S-erpent Genesis iii. 1-6. 

5. Ensign Isaiah xi. 10. 

6. Y-oke Matthew xi. 29, 30. 

7. E-merald Rev. xxi 19. 

8. F-ig-tree Luke xiii. 6-9; Matt. xxi. 18-20. 

9. P-ock Psalm xviii. 2; 1 Cor. x. 4. 

10. 0-live Genesis viii. 11. 

11. M-orning star Revelations xxii. 16. 

12. M-anna. . John vi. 48-51. 

13. A-nchor Hebrews vi. 19. 

14. Nest Obadiah 3, 4. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 33. — " GOD HATH MADE MAN UPRIGHT." — 

Eccles. vii. 29. 

1. G-ad 2 Sam. xxiv. 11, etc. 

2. 0-badiah 1 Kings xviii. 3. 

3. D-ecapolis Matt. viii. 28; Mark v. 20. 

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92 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

4. H-aman Esther iii. 6. 

5. A-biathar 1 Sam. xxii. 20. 

6. T-abor Judges iv. 6. 

7. H-anani 2 Chron. xvi. 7. 

8. M-ahanaim Gen. xxxii. 2. 

9. A-bner 2 Sam. iii. 38 

10. D-arius Ezra vi. 6 — 15. 

11. E-lisheba Exodus vi. 23. 

12. M-ephibosheth 2 Sam. ix. 6, 7. 

13. A-gag 1 Sam. xv. 9, 33. 

14. N-ob 1 Sam . xxii. 19. 

15. U-rijali Jer. xxvi. 24. 

16. P-hilip Luke iii. 1. 

17. R-ephidim Exodus xvii. 8. 

18. I-shmael Jer. xli. 2. 

19. G-abbatha John xix. 13. 

20. H-aran Genesis xi. 27. 

21. T-arshish 2 Chron. xx. 36. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 31. — " CASTING ALL YOUR CARE ON 

HIM."— 1 Peter v. 7. 

1. CA-leb Numbers xiv. 24, 30. 

2. ST-raight Acts ix. 11. 

3. IN-crease 1 Cor. iii. 6, 7. 

4. GALL-io Acts xviii. 17. 

5. YOUR 

6. C-aiaphas Mark xiv. 61, 62. 

7. ARE-tas 2 Cor. xi. 32. 

8. ON Gen. xli. 45. 

9. Hl-ran 1 Kings v. 1—12. 

10. M-alchus John xviii. 10. 



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KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 35. — '* I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR 

YOU." — John xiv. 2. 

1. I-dum.9-a Isaiah xxxiv. 5. 

2. G-ra-j9(e) Cant. ii. 15. 

3. O-thnie-Z Joshua xv^. 17. 

4. T-hyatir-a Ects xvi. 14. 

5. 0-lympi-c Heb. xii. 1. 

6. P-iii-e Neh. viii. 15. 

7. R-eproo-/ 2 Tim. iii. 16. 

8. E-n-o(ch) Gen. v. 24. 

9. P-eo-?' Num. xiii. 28. 

10. A-llegor-?/ Gal. iv. 24. 

11. R-ihp-o 1 Kings ix. 28. 

12. E-sa-u Gen. xxxvi. 1. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 36. — JAWBONE. — Judges XV. 15 — 17. 

1. Jaw. 2. Bone. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 37. — PARADISE. 

1. P-hilip Acts vi. 5. 

2. A-raunah 2 Sam. xxiv. 22. 

3. R-echabites Jer. xxxv. 

4. A-chasli Josh. xv. 16, etc. ; Judges i. 12, etc. 

5. D-an Rev. vii. 

6. I-mlah 1 Kings xxii. 9. 

7. S-tephanas 1 Cor. xvi. 15. 

8. E-zekiel 



94 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 38. 

Initials, down — counelius. 
Finals, up — centurion. 

1. C-edro-n John xviii. 1. 

2. 0-d-o-urs Rev. v. S. 

3. l\-abbon-2 John xx. 16. 

4. N-icano-r Acts vi. 5. 

5. E-sa-w Heb. xii. 16. 

6. L-o-^ 2 Peter ii. 7. 

7. I-talian-n Acts x. 1. 

8. U-rban-e Rom. xvi. 9. 

9. S-ado-c Matt. i. 14. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 39. — LAMB. — Johu i. 29. 

L-ion Psalm xci. 13. 

A-dder Psalm xci. 13. 

M-ole Isaiah ii. 20. 

B-at Isaiah ii. 20. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 40. — JESUS WEPT AT BETHANY. 

J-ehoiad-a 2 Cor. xxii. 11; xxiii. 11. 

E-gyp-^ J^i^- xxvi. 21. 

S-egu-^ 1 Kings xvi. 34. 

U-ncl-e x\cts xxiii. 16. 

S-anballa-^ Neh. ii. 10. 

W-rat-/i Rom. i. 18. 19. 

E-lish-a 2 Kings vi. 9, 13 

P-hilemo-n Phil. 10, 11. 

T-imoth-?/ 2 Tim. iii. 15. 



SCRIPTUnE ENIGMAS. 95 

KEY TO KNir.MA NO. 41. — FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY. — 

1 Cor. xiii. 13. 

1. F-elix Acts xxiv. 25, 26. 

2. A-pollos Acts xviii. 24—28. 

3. I-saac Heb. xi. 20. 

4. T-imothy 2 Tim. 1—5. 

5. H-erodias Matt. xiv. 3 — 11. 

6. H-eli Lukeiii. 23. 

7. O-iiesimus Phil. 10—12. 

8. P-riscilla Acts xviii. 2, 26. 

9. E-iiiiice 2 Tim. i. 5. 

10. C-ornelius Acts x. 30—45. 

11. H-ermogenes 2 Tim. i. 15. 

12. A-nanias Acts v. 1 — 5. 

13. R-hoda Acts xii. 13, 14. 

14. I-scariot John xiii. 2; xiv. 22. 

15. T-ertius Pom. xvi. 22. 

16. Y-ea 2 Cor. i. 19, 20. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 42. — " LOVE NOT THE WORLD." — 

1 John ii. 15. 

1. L-evi Xum. xvi. 1. 

2. 0-bed Putli iv. 17. 

3. Y-oice John x. 4. 

4. E-lial) 1 Sam. xvii. 28. 

5. X-athanael John i. 45, 46. 

6. 0-mri 1 Kings xvi. 28. 

7. T-arsus .Acts xxi. 39. 

8. T-heudas Acts v. 36. 

9. H-ebron Josh xiv. 13. 

10. E-lijah 1 Kings xix. 4. 



96 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

11. W-ages Exodus ii. 9. 

12. 0-bed-edom 2 Sam. vi. 11, 12. 

10. li-amah 1 Sam. ii. 11. 

11. L-entiles Gen. xxv. 34. 

15. D-aniel Dan. x. 11. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 43. 

First. Watch Psalm xc. 4. 

Second. Man Psalm ciii. 15 ; civ. 23. 

Whole. Watchman.. .Psalm cxxvii. 1. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 44. — " THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.''- 

Luke xxii. 39. 

1. T-obiah Nehemiah vi. 19. 

2. H-annah 1 Sam. i . 10. 

3. E-zekiel Ezek. i. 1. 

4. M-ordecai Esther viii. 15. 

5. 0-badiah 1 Kings xviii. 4. 

6. U-rijah Jer. xxvi. 21. 

7. N"-aomi Ruth i. 6, 7. 

8. T-iglath-pileser 2 Kings xv. 29. 

9. 0-thniel Judsfes i. 13. 



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10. F-elix •. . .Acts xxiv. 25. 

11. 0-g Num. xxi. 33. 

12. L-evi Num. iii. 6, 7. 

13. I-saac Genesis xxiv. 63. 

14. Y-ashti Esther i. 12. 

15. E-liphaz Job xvi. 2. 

16. S-aul. . . ., 1 Sam. xxxi. 4 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 97 

KEY TO EXIGMA XO. 45. — BE NOT FAITHLESS. — John XX. 27. 

B-alaam 2 Peter ii. 15. 

E-gypt Gen. xxi. 21. 

X-aboth 1 Kings xxi. 3. 

O-mer Exodus xvi. 3G. 

T-arsus Acts xi. 25. 

F-orty Acts vii. 29, 30. 

A-bel Heb. xi. 4. 

1-nterpreter Gen. xlii. 23. 

T-imothy 1 Tim. i. 2. 

H-ezekiah 1 Kings xx. 21. 

L-aban Gen. xxiv. 29, 67. 

Elisha 2 Kins's xiii. 14. 



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S-himei 2 Sam. xvi. 5. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 46. — PIAMAN. — Estlier vl. 11. 

H-aclassa-^ Esther ii. 7. 

A-^-a 2 Cliron. xiv. 9-15. 

M-iria-??i Num. xii. 

A-mas-rt. 2 Sam. xx. 10. 

N-aama-?2 . . 2 Kings v. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 47. — JESUS. 

el-oseph Ps. cv. 17-22; Luke i. 68-77. 

E-sau Gen. xxv. 29-34; Heb. xii. 16, 17. 

S-aul 1 Sam. x. 1-16; Acts viii. 1 ; ix. 15. 

U-zzah 2 Sam. vi. 6, 7. 

S-ardis Eev. iii. 1-7. 

'* Xo voice can sing, no heart can frame. 
Nor can the memory find 
A sweeter sound than Jesu's name, 
The Saviour of mankind. 



98 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 48. — CHRISTIAN WORSHIP. 

Initials — PRAISE. Finals — prayer. 

P-liili-/> Matt. X. 3 ; John i. 43, 44. 

R-emembe-?' Luke xvii. 32. 

A-celdam-rt Acts i. 18, 19. 

I-tal-?/ Acts xviii. 1, 2. 

S-aloni-e Mark xvi. 1. 

E-leaza-r Matt. i. 15. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 49. — ARAM. Xumb. Xxiii. 7. — MARA. — 

Ruth. i. 29. 

A-ntipas Rev. ii. 13. 

R-amah 1 Sam. vii. 17. 

A-bner 2 Sam. iii. 20. 

M-atton 2 Kings xi. 18. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 50. 

1. Cross. 1 Cor.i. 17, 18, 23,24. 

2. Dross. 

3. Loss. Lydia. Acts xvi. 14, 15; Phil. iii. 7, 8. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 51. — SINAI. — Exod. XX. ; Rom. iii. 20. 
1. Sin. Rom. vi. 23. 2. Ai. Josh. vii. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 52. 

First. Morning. Psa. xxx. 5. Second. Star. 1 Cor. xv. 41. 
Whole. Morning-Star. .Rev. xxii. 16. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 53. — ESTHER. 

Teresh.. . . ! Esth. ii. 21 ; vi. 2, etc. 

Heres. Judg. i. 35. 

Trees Isa. Iv. 12. 

Three Josh. xv. 14. 

Sheet Actsx. 11, 13. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 99 

Seth Gen. iv. 25. 

Seer 1 Sam. ix. 9, 19. 

Resh Psa. cxix. 153. 

Rest Matt. xi. 28. 

Thee Mark x. 49. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 51. — LOVE. 

L-ois 2 Tim. 1 — 5. 

0-badiah 1 Kings xviii. 4. 

Y-ashti Esther i. 10—19. 

E-li 1 Sam. iii. 13. 

1 Cor. xiii. 13. — ''And now abideth faith, hope, charity, 
these three ; but the greatest of these is charity." 

1 John iv. 11. — " Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also 
to love one another." 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 55. — LOVE AS BRETHREN. — 1 Peter iii. 8. 

L-amech Gen. iv. 19, 22. 

0-badiah 1 Kings xviii. 7, 12. 

Y-anity Eccles. i. 1, 14. 

E-lah 1 Sam. xxi. 9. 

A-bijam 1 Kings xiv. 31. 

S-abeans Job i. 14, 15. 

B-lastns Acts. xii. 20. 

R-amoth Gilead 2 Kings ix. 1, 2. 

E-lam Gen. xiv. 1. 

T-ertins Rom. xvi. 22. 

H-aggith 1 Kings i. 5. 

R-uth Ruth iv. 10. 

E-d Josh. xxii. 34. 

X-aphtali Gen. xxx. 8. 



100 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

KKY TO ENIGMA NO. 56. — VINE. — Johll. XV. 5. 

1. Y-igilance 1 Peter v. 8. 

2. I-nheritauce 1 Peter i. 4. 

3. N-egligence 2 Peter i. 12. 

4. E-videuce Heb. xi. 1. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 57. 

Key to Threefold Acrostic, 

Stanza 123456789 10. 
E. e d e m p t ion. 
B y p u r c h as e. 
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KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 58. — ANAMMELECH — 2 Kings xvii. 31. 

1. Heman 1 Kings iv. 31. 

2. Camel Lev. xi. 4. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 59. — MANOAH. — JudgeS xiii. 

1. Man. 2. ! 3. Ah ! 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 60. — '^ABISIIAG." — 1 Kino'S i. 4.—" RE 



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BEKAii." — Gen. xxiv. 16. 

1. A-ssliii-?- Gen. x. 11. 

2. B-ernic-e Acts xxv. 23. 

3. I-slibi-beno-& 2 Sam. xxi. 16, 17. 

4. S-hmiammit-e 2 Kings iv. 16. 

5. H-abakku-^* Hab. ii. 2. 

6. A-s-a 1 Kings xv. 13. 

7. G-oliat-/i 1 Sam. xvii. 42 — 51. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 61. — ADRAMMELECH. — 2 KingS xix. 37. 

1. Lamech Gen. iv 19—21. 

2. Ed Joshua xxii. 10, 34. 

3. Kam Job xxxii. 2, etc. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 101 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 62. — WAIT ON THE LORD. — Psallll. XXvii. 1 i 

^\-e[\ 2 Sam. xvii. 17, 19. 

A-mos Amos i. 1. 

I-rad Gen. iv. 17, 18. 

T-ola Judges x. 1. 

0-badiah Obad. 1-16. 

N-eliushtan 2 Kings xviii. 4. 

T-imnath Judges xiv. 5, 6. ^ 

H-achaliah Neli. i. 1. 

E-lisheba Exod. vi. 23. 

L-acliisli 2 Kings xviii. 17. 

0-nesiphorus 2 Tim i. 16. 

K-ezin 2 Kings xvi. 5. 

D-an Eev. vii. 5 — 8. 

KKY TO ENIGMA NO. 63. — SUB-MISSION. — Matt, xviil. 11 ; 

Job. i. 11. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 61. — JEHOSHAPHAT. — 2 Clu'On. XX 31, 32. 



1. J-oseph Gen. xli. 41 — 43. 

2. E-phah Zech. v. 5—11. 

3. H-oshea 2 Kings xvii. 3, 4. 

4. 0-shea Xum. xiii. 8, 16. 

5. S-haphat 1 Kings xix. 19 ; 2 Kings ii. 13. 

6. H-eth Gen. xlix. 29, 31. 

7. A-saph 1 Chron. xxv. 6 ; Psa. 1. and Ixxiii; 

to Ixxxiii. 

8. P-aseah Ezra ii. 49 ; Phaseah, Neh. vii. 51. 

9. H-osah Josh. xix. 19. 

10. A-jah Gen. xxxvi. 10, 24, 25, and 2. 

11. T-oah 1 Chron. vi. 34. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 65. — HORSEMAN. — Nahum iii. 3. 

Horse Deut. xvii. 16. 

Man Psa. cxliv. 3, 4. 



102 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. Q^. — EVE. — Geil. ill. 15. 

E-lijah 1 Kings xix. 4. 

Y-iiie John xv. 3 . 

E-sther Esther ii. 7. 

KEY TO EXIGMA NO. 67. — " SARGON — TARTAN.'^ — Isa. XX. 1. 

S-anballa-^ Neh. iv. 1. 

A-ban-a 2 Kings v. 12. 

K-ide-r Exodus xv. 1. 

G-rea-? Psa. cxxxvi. 4. 

0-she-a Num. xiii. 8. 

ISs-M-n Num. xiii. 8. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 68. — GAMALIEL. — Acts Xxii. 3. 

1. Elim Exod. xv. 27. 

2. Gaal Judges ix. 14. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 69. — ARIMATHEA. — Matt. XXVii. 57. 

1. Ahira Numb. i. 15. 

2. Tema Gen .xxv. 15. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 70. — SAMUEL — HANNAH. — 1 Sam. i. 20. 

S-eraiah Jer. li. 59. 

A-bora 2 Kings v. 12. 

M-attan 2 Kings xi 18. 

U-pharsin Dan. v. 25. 

E-liada 2 Chron. xvii. 17. 

L-ibnah Joshua xxi. 13. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 71. — WATCH AND PRAY. — Matt. XXVi. 41. 

Wonderful Isa. ix. 

A-rimathea, Joseph of.. .John xix. 38. 

T-abiatha Acts ix. 40. ^ 

C-armi Joshua vii. 1. 

H-iddekel Daniel x. 4. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS, 103 

A-mos Amos i. 1. 

N-oadiah Nehemiah vi. 14. 

D-emetrius Acts xix. 24. 

P-hinehas Numbers xxv. 11. 

R-ezen 2 Kings xvi. 6. 

A-bel 2 Sam. xx. 18. 

Y-oke Lam. iii. 27. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 72. — DO GOOD. 

D-eborah Judges iv. 9. 

0-badiali 1 Kings xviii. 13. 

G-ehazi 2 Kings v. 20, 22. 

0-bededem 2 Sam. vi. 10. 

O-rpah Ruth i. 4. 

D-avid 2 Sam. xviii. 13. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 73. — MOSES — AARON. 

1. M-ammo-n Luke xvi. 9-14. 

2. 0-n-o Neh. vi. 2 ; xi. 35. . 

3. S-hina-?' Gen. xi. 1-9. 

4. E-phphath-a Mark vii. 34. 

5. S-heb-a 1 Kings x. 2, 10; Jer. vi. 20 ; Ezek. 

xxvii. 22. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 74. — THE BRANCH. — ZeC. iii. 8 ; vi. 12. 

1. T-einan Gen. xxxvi. 15. 

2. H-or Num. xx. 22, 28. 

3. E-lisheba Exodus vi. 25. 

4. B-arnabas Acts xiv. 12. 

5. E.-ephidim Ex. xvii. 1, 3. 

6. A-mram Ex. vi. 20. 

7. IST-icodemus John iii. 1, 3. 

8. C-ephas John i. 42. 

9. H-anani 2 Chron. xvi. 7. 



104 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 75.— DAGON. — 1 Sam. V. 1-7. 

1. D-oeg 1 Sam. xxi. 7 ; xxii. 9. 

2. A-hithophel 2 Sam. xvii. 1-3, 23. 

3. G-edaliah 2 Kings xxv. 22-26; Jer. xi, 7- 

12 ; xli. 2-10. 

4. 0-bed 2 Chroii . xxviii, 6-15. 

5. N-adal 1 Sam. xxv. 3, 33. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 76. — " HOW MANIFOLD ARE THY WORKS. '* 

— Ps. cix. 24. 

1. H-yssop 1 Kings iv. 33. 

2. 0-aks of Bashan Isa. ii. 13. 

3. W-illow trees Psa. cxxxvii. 2. 

4. M-yrtle tree Isa Iv. 13. 

5. A-lmond tree Eccles. xii. 5. 

6. IST-nts Gen. xliii. 2. 

7. I-sraelites Exod. xv. 27. 

8. F-ig tree Matt. xxiv. 32. 

9. 0-il tree Isa. xii. 19. 

10. L-ign aloes Num. xxiv. 5, 6. 

11. D-ry tree Ezek. xvii. 21. 

12. A-lmug tree 1 Kings x. 11, 12. 

13. R-ose .Isa. xxxv. 1. 

14. E-den Gen. ii. 9. 

15. T-ree of life Kev. xxii. 2. 

16. H-eath Jer. xvii. 5, 6. 

17. Y-ear by year Deut. xiv. 22. 

18. W-heat Exod. ix. 32. 

19. 0-live tree Judges ix. 8, 9. 

20. R-od Num. xvii. 8. 

21. K-ernels Num. vi. 4. 

22. S-ycamore tree Luke xix. 45. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 105 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 77. — "EVEN CHRIST PLEASED NOT HIM- 
SELF." — Kom. XV. 3. 

1. E-sther Esther vii. 3. 

2. V-oshni 1 Chron. vi. 28. 

3. E-li 1 Sam. iv. 10, 11. 

4. N-ebuchadnezzer 2 Chron. xxxvi. 20. 

5. C-esar Luke ii. 1. 

6. H-ezekiah 2 Kings xx. 1 — 7. 

7. R-abshakeh 2 Kings xviii. 19. 

8. I-saiah 2 Kings xix. 5, 6. 

9. S-himei 2 Sam. xvi. 5. 

10. T-homas John xx. 24. 

11. P-aul Acts ix. 8, 16. 

12. L-aban Gen. xxxi. 24. 

13. E-ve Gen. iii. 

14. A-sabel 2 Sam. ii. 18. 

15. S-amson Judsres xvi. 

16. E-san Gen. xxv. 27—34. 

17. D-avid 1 Sam. xvii. 49. 

18. K-abal 1 Sam. xxv. 10. 

19. 0-badiah 1 Kings xviii. 1. 

20. T-arshish 2 Chron. ix. 21. 

21. H-ushai 2 Sam. xv. 32 

22. I-saac Gen. xxvi. 7. 

23. M-ary Mark xvi. 9. 

24. S-imeon Gen. xlii. 24. 

25. E-liezer Gen. xv. 2; xxiv. 

26. L-ebanon 2 Chron. ii. 8. 

27. F-elix Acts xxiv. 27. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 78. — LOVE YOUR ENEMIES. — Matt. V. 44. 

1. L-uke 1 Tim. iv. 11 ; Col. iv. 14. 

2. 0-phir 1 Kings ix. 28; x. 11. 

3. V-ine John xv. 

4. E-shcol Numbers xiii. 23. 



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106 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE 

5. Y-early Heb. ix. 7, etc. 

6. 0-bed-Edom 5 Sam. vi. 11. 

7. U-zzah 2 Sam. vi. 6, 7. 

8. R-hoboam 1 Kings xii. 8. 

9. E-lijah 2 Kings ii. 11. 

10. N-icodemus John iii. 1. 

11. E-lah 1 Kings xvi. 10. 

12. M-anasseli (55 years). 2 Chron. xxxiii. 1. 

13. I-saac Gen. xxvii. 

14. E-zekel. Ezek. iii. 26 ; xxiv. 27. 

15. S-heba 2 Sam. xx. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 79. — ELIJAH — ELISHA. 

1. E-miic-e 2 Tim. i. 5. 

2. L-emue-1 Prov. xxx. 1. 

3. I-tta-i 2 Sam. xv. 19-21. 

4. J-ebusite-s Numbers xiii. 29. 

5. A-drammelec-h 2 Kings xvii. 21. 

6. H-ammedath-a Esther viii. 5. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 80. — REFUGE. — Heb. vi. 18 ; vii. 25. 

1. K-izpah 2 Sam. xxi. 8-10. 

2. E-sther Esther ii. 17. 

3. F-elix Acts xxiv. 24, 25. 

4. U-nicorn Numbers xxiii. 22. 

5. G-ourd Jonah iv. 5, 6. 

6. E-uroclydon Acts xxvii. 14. 



KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 81. — GOD BE WITH YOU. 

1. G-ood Matt. xix. 16, 17. 

2. 0-nesimus Phil. x. 16. 

3. D-orcas Acts ix. 36—41. 

4. B-oaz Ruth iv. 13. 

5. E-aster 1 Cor. v. 7, 8. 



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SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 107 

6. W-hite Rev. vii. 13, U. 

7. I-saac. Gen. xxi. 4, 6. 

8. T-imothy.. 2 Tim. i. 

9. H-usliai 2 Sam. xvii. 5-14. 

10. Y-esterday Ps. xc. 4. 

11. 0-mega Rev. xxii. 13. 

12. U-rim Ex. xxviii. 30 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 82. — PEACE. — Johll xiv. 27. 

1 . P-hicol Gen. xxi. 22. 

2. E-bedmelech Jer. xxxviii. 7, etc. 

3. A-bram Gen. xiv. 13. 

4. C-ephas John i. 42. 

5. E-lim Exodus xv. 27. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 83. — OMNISCIENCE. 

1. 0-mri 1 Kings xvi. 23, 24. 

2. M-icaiah 1 Kings xxii. 26. 

3. N-amaan 2 Kings v. 1. 

4. I-shbosheth 2 Sam. iii. 13 ; iv. 5, 6. 

5. S-himei 2 Sam. xvi. 5; xix. 16, 21. 

6. C-hilion Ruth i. 2. 

7. I-conium Acts xiii. 51. 

8. E-mmaus Luke xxiv. 13. 

9. N-azarite Numbers vi. 

10. C-leopas Luke xxiv. 18. 

11. E-lias Matt. xi. 14. 

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108 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 84. — BETHniAGE. — Matt. Xxi. 1. 

1 . B-etliaiiy John xi. 1. 

2. E-lath 2 Kings xvi. 6. 

3. T-unnatli Jndges xiv. 5, 6. 

4. ll-amotli Jer. xlix. 23. 

5. P-adanaram Gen. xxviii. 1, 

(). Il-eshbon Num. xxi. 25. 

7. A-rimathea Mark xv. 43. 

8. G-alilee IMatt. xxviii. 16, 17. 

0. E-gypt Gen. xlii. 1, 2. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. '^^. — " SEEK YE THE KINGDOM OF GOD." 

— LiiJve xii. 31. 

1. S-inioon Acts xiii. 1. 

2. Elias James v. 17. 

o. E-l^nnas Acts xiii. 8. 

4. K-isli 1 Sam. ix. 1. 

5. Y-outh Lam. iii. 27. 

0. E-penetus Rom. xvi. 5. 

7. T-nrtius Rom. xvi. 22. 

8. Il-achilah 1 Sam. xxvi. 

0. E-thiopia Esther i. 1. 

10. K-ezia Job xlii. 14, 15. 

11. I-saiah Isaiah i. 1. 

12. N-aomi Ruth i. 20. 

13. G-ideon Judges vi. 11. 

14. D-arins I>an. ix. 1. 

15. 0-rpah Ruth i. 2,4. 

16. M-iriam Exodus xv. 20. 

17. 0-badiali Obadiah i. 1. 

18. F-elix Acts xxiii. 33. 

10. G-ath 1 Sam. vi. 17. 

20. (Vboth Ximi. xxxiii. 43 

21. D-rusiUa . . . - Acts xxi v. 24. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 109 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 86. — "WATCH AND PRAY.'' — 

Matt. xxvi. 41. 

W-ater John viii. 37, 38. 

A-rimathea John xix. 38. 

T-abitha Acts ix. 40. 

C-armi Joshua vii. 1. 

H-iddekel Daniel x. 4. 

A-mos Amos i. 1. 

N-oadiah Neh. vi. 14. 

D-emitrius Acts xix. 24. 

P-hinehas Num. xxv. 11. 

B-ezin 2 Kings xvi. 6. 

A-bel 2 Sam. xx. 28. 

Y-oke Lam. iii. 27. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 87. — ISAIAH — DANIEL. 

1. I-chabo-c? , 1 Sara. iv. 21; xiv. 3. 

2. S-amari-a 1 Kings xvi. 24. 

3. A-hima-7i .Num. xiii. 22. 

4. I-su-/ Gen. xlvi. 17 ; Xiim. xxvi. 44. 

5. A-nis-e .Matt, xxiii. 23. 

6. H-ie-Z 1 Kinofs xvi. 34. 



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KEY TO ENIGMA NO. ^^. — ^' THE LOUD IS MY LIGHT.'' 

1. T-homas John xx. 24. 

2. H-araan Esther v. 11 

3. E-zra Ezra vii. 6. 

4. L-emuel Prov. xxxi. 1. 

5. 0-thniel Judges iii. 9. 

6. R-ehoboam 1 Kings xii. 8. 

7. D-arius Dan. vi. 26. 

8. I-shbosheth 2 Sam. iv. 5—8, 

9. S-anballat Neh. vi. 



110 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

10. M-anoah Judges xiii. 15, 16. 

11. Y-oke Matt. xi. 30. 

12. L-ot Gen. xiii. 10. 

13. I-shmael 2 Kings xxv. 25. 

14. G-ehazi 2 Kings v. 20-27. 

15. H-eber the Kenite Judges v. 24. 

16. T-iglath-pileser 2 Kings xv. 29. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 89.— HAGAR. — Genesis xvi. 6-10. 

1. H-zael 2 Kings viii. 12; xiii. 22. 

2. A-chan Joshua vii. 

3. G-ideon Judges vii. 

4. A-bimelech . . . . , Judges ix. 53, 54. 

5. R-abbah 2 Sam. xi. 1. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 90.— FAITH. — 1 Peter i. 3; 1 John v. 4. 

1. F-ire Jeremiah xxiii. 29. 

2. A-rk Gen. vii. 1. 

3. I-conium Acts xiv. 1-6. 

4. T-hyatira Acts xvi. 14. 

5. H-eaven Hebrews xi. 16. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 91.—^' GOD IS LOVE." — 1 John 1. 7. 

1. G-old(triedinthefire).Zec. xiii. 9; 1 Peter i. 7. 

2. 0-ath Heb. vi. 16, 17. 

3. Breath Rom. vi. 23. 

4. I-dle soul Prov. xix. 15. 

5. S-alt Matt. v. 13. 

6. L-amb Kev. v. 6. 

7. 0-x Isaiah i. 3. 

8. V-eil Matt, xxvii. 51. 

9. E-agle 2 Sam. i. 23. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS, 1 1 1 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 92. — HEZEKIAH. — Isaiah XXXVU. 15. — 
ZEDEKIAH. — 2 Kings XXV. 7. 

1. H-u-2; Gen. xxii. 21. 

2. E-v-6 Gen. iii. 20. 

3. Z-elopheha-o? .Num. xxvii. 7. 

4. E-unic-e 2 Tim. i. 5. 

5. A-insfoi-Z; Job xix. 14. 

6. I-tto-z 2 Sam. xv. 19. 

7. A-s-a 1 Kings xv. 13. 

8. H-anania-^ Daniel i . 7. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 94, — '^ LIVE PEACEABLY." — Rom. xli. 18. 

L-uke . . * Col. iv. 14. 

I-srael Gen. xxxii. 28. 

Y-ine John xv. 5. 

E-lam Exodus xv. 27. 

P-hillippi Phil. iv. 15, 16. 

E-zra Ezra vii. 6. 

A-mos Acts XV. 16, 17. 

C-ilicia Acts xxi. 39. 

E-liakim 2 Kings xiii. 34. 

A-bner 2 Sam. ii. 8. 

B-athsheba 1 Kings i. 11. 

L-evi 2 Chron. xi. 14. 

Y-outh .Lam. iii. 27. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 95. — SIMON PETER. — Matt. X. 2 ; 

Mark, iii, 16 ; Luke vi. 14. 

1. S-a-p Psa. civ. 16. 

2. 1-c-e Psa. cxlvii. 17. 

3. M-oun-^ Matt. v. 1. 

4. 0-n-e 1 John v. 7. 

5. N-ea-r Psa. cxix. 151. 



112 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 96. — " YET THERE IS ROOM.'^ — 

Luke xiv.22. 

Y-outh : 1 Sam. xvii. 33. 

E-tiam 2 Sam. xi. 3. 

T-hessaloiiica 2 Tim . iv. 10. 

T-irzah 1 Kings xvi. 9. 

H-aran Gen. xi. 29. 

E-thiopia Jer. xxxviii. 7. 

E-ahab James ii. 25. 

E-glah 2 Sam. iii. 5. 

I-ron Judges iv. 2, 3. 

S-othenes Acts xviii. 17. 

R-echab 2 Kings x. 15, 16. 

0-mri 1 Kings xvi. 21, 22. 

0-bed Ruth iv. 16, 17. 

M-ene Dan. v. 25. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 97. JEHOIADA — ATHALIAH. — 2 Chron. 

xxii. 10, 11 ; xxiii. 14 ; xxiv. 22. 

1. J-egar-sahaduth-a Gen. xxxi. 47. 

2. E-as-^ Judges vii. 12 ; viii. 10. 

3. H-acMla-^ 1 Sam. xxvi. 1, 9, 25. 

4. 0-she-a Num. xiii. 8, 16. 

5. I-shmae-Z Gen. xxi. 16 ; xxv. 12. 

6. A-i Joshua vii. 5, 6. 

7. D-ur-a Dan. iii. 1, 12. 

8. A-bia-^ 1 Sam. viii. 2, 3. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 113 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 98. — JERUSALEM. — Psa. xlviii. 2. — BETH- 
LEHEM. — Matt. ii. 6. 

1. J-oa-& 1 Kings ii. 32—34. 

2. E-v-e Gen. iii. 6, 20. 

3. R-es-f Heb. iv. 9. 

4. U-rija-A 2 Kings xvi. 10—16. 

5. S-helumiei-Z Xum. ii. 12. 

6. A-gagit-e . . .Esther iii. 10; 1 Sam. 15, 36. 

7. L-ais-A Judges xviii. 27 — 29. 

8. E-unic-e 2 Tim. 1, 5 ; Acts xvi. 1. 

9. M-ahanai-m Gen. xxxii. 1, 2. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 99. — AMASA. — 2 Sam. xvii. 25; XX. 10. — 

ABNER. — 1 Sam. xiv. 50, 51 ; 2 Sam. iii. 27. 

1. A-rabi-a Gal. i. 17. 

2. M-era-& 1 Sam. xiv. 49. 

2. A-bdo-n Judges xii. 13 — 15. 

4. S-almon-e Acts xxvii. 7. 

5. A-r Deut. ii. 9. 

ANSWER NO. 100. — " LET THERE BE LIGHT." — Geu. i. 3. 

L-achish 2 Kings xiv. 19. 

E-gypt Gen. xii. 10 ; xlii. 1, 2. 

T-ibni 1 Kings xvi. 21. 

T-ekel Dan. v. 27. 

H-aman Esther iii. 10. 

E-lijah 1 Kings xxi. 19. 

E-izpah 2 Sam. xxi. 10. 

E-sarhaddon 2 Kings xix. 37. 

B-enhadad 1 Kings xx. 42. 

E-glon Judges iii. 14. 

L-evi Deut. x. 8. 

I-saiah 2 Kings xix. 20. 

G-ilboa 1 Sam. xxxi. 8. 

H-anani 1 Kings xvi. 1. 

T-iglath-pilesar 2 Chron. xxviii. 20. 



114 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 101. — ''ALL SEEK THEIR OWN."- 

Phil. ii. 21. 

A-bner 2 Sam. xvii. 57. 

L-ebbeus Matt. x. 3. 

L-ystra Acts xiv. 8, 13. 

S-ihon Dent. i. 4. 

E-liezar Gen. xxiv. 33. 

E-nos Gen. iv. 26. 

K-adash-barnea Nam. xxxii. 8. 

T-amar 2 Sam. xiv. 27. 

H-annah 1 Sam. i. 23, 28. 

E-lijah 1 Kings xix. 13, 15. 

I-talian Acts x. 1 . 

R-abbah 2 Sam. xii. 27. 

0-phir 1 Kings xxii. 48. 

W-ood 1 Sam. xiv. 26, 27. 

N-azareth Luke i. 26, 27. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 102. — CROSS. 

Isaa-c Gen. xxvi. 18. 

Sei-r Gen. xxxvi. 8. 

S-o, 2 Kings xvii. 4. 

Stephana-5 1 Cor. i. 16. 

Matthia-s Acts i.26. 

ANSWER NO. 103. — RUTH — BOAZ. — Matt. i. 5. 

1. R-aha-?> John ii. 8 ; Heb. xi. 31. 

2. U-nt-o Matt. xi. 1. 

3. T-ol-a Judges x. 1. 

4. H-u-s Gen. xxii. 21. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 115 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 104. — Initials — DRUSiLLA ; Finals — and 

FELIX. 

D-almanuth-a .... . .Mark viii. 9, 10. 

E,-onia-n Acts xxii. 25, 29. 

U-ncircumcise-<:/ .... 1 Sam. xvii. 36. 

S-herif-/ Dan. iii. 2, 3. 

I-gnoranc-e Acts iii. 13-17. 

L-emue-Z Prov. xxxi. 1. 

L-o-Amm-^ Hosea i. 9. 

A-rta-a>erxes Ezra vii. 12. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 105. — BARNABAS. — Acts xiv. 11-20. 

Bar-ley Euth ii. 17. 

Na-il Judges iv. 21. 

Bas-ket Acts ix. 25 ; 2 Chron. xi. 32. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 106, — KADESH-BABNEA. — Deut. ix. 23. 

K-esi-a Job xlii. 14. 

A-ge-e 2 Sam. xxiii. 11. 

D-alpho-n Esther ix. 7. 

E-lieze-?' Gen. xv. 2. 

S-hime-a 1 Chron. iii. 5. 

H-oba-Z> .Num. v. 29. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 107. — '^ GOD RESISTETfl THE PROUD." — 

1 Peter v. 5. 

G-era 2 Sam. xvi. 5. 

0-thniel Judges i. 13. 

D-elilah Judges xvi. 18. 



116 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

E-hoda Acts xii. 13. 

E-aster Acts xii. 4. 

S-hushan Neh. i. 1. 

I-conium Acts xiii. 51. 

S-in Exodus xvi. 1. 

T-arsus Acts xxi. 39. 

E-noch Jude 14, 15. 

T-heudas Acts v. 36. 

H-ebron Numbers xiii. 22. 

T-yre Isaiah xxiii. 8 

H-ezeldah 2 Kings xviii. 4. 

E-phraim ISTumbers xiii 8. 



P-halti 1 Sam. xxv. 44. 

R,-ebekah Gen. xxvii. 6, 17. 

0-badiah 1 Kings xviii. 3. 

U-zziah 2 Chron. xxvi. 19. 

D-eborah. . . .* Judges v. 7. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 109. — NAOMI. — Book of Ruth. 

Na-hum. 

0-badiah. 

Mi-cah. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 108. — " IT SHALL BE WELL WITH THE 

RIGHTEOUS." 

I-srael Num. xi. 10. 

T-aberah Num. xi. 3. 

S-eer 1 Sam. ix. 9. 

H-obab Num. x. 29. 

A-bsalom 2 Sam. xiv. 25. 

L-ydia Acts xvi. 13, 14. 

L-uke 2 Tim. iv. 11. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 117 

B-ethany Luke x. 38 ; John xi. 

E-lah 1 Sam. xvii. 2. 

W-isdom Prov. viii. 11. 

E-zekiel Ezek. i. 1. 

L-evi Gen. xxxv. 23. 

L-amech. Gen. v. 28. 

W-ise-men Matt. ii. 1-11. 

I-shmael Gen. xxi. 9-21. 

T-abor Psalm Ixxxix. 12. 

H-oreb Deut. v. 1. 

T-byathira - Acts xvi. 14. 

H-ophni 1 Sam. ii. 34. 

E-uphrates Gen. ii. 14. 

K-ach«l Gen. xxix. 9. 

I-saac Genesis xxvii. 

G-ebozi 2 Kings v. 20. 

H-ezekiah 2 Kings xx. 8-11. 

T-yre 1 Kings v. 1 . 

E-limelech Ruth i. 1, 2. 

0-badiah Obad. i. 1. 

U-rim and Thummi«m.Exodus xxviii. 30. 
S-alvation Rev. vii. 9-21. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 110. — TSOU GOD SEEST ME. — 

Gen. xvi. 3. 

T-hummim Exodus xxviii. 30. 

Jl-annah 1 Sam. ii. 1 . 

0-bed-edom 1 Chron. xiii. 14. 

U-lai Dan. viii. 2. 

G-ennesaret Mark vi. 52. 

0-rnan 1 Chron xxi. 15. 

])-elilah Jud. xvi, 18. 



118 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

S-apphira Acts v. 9, 10. 

E-nos Gen. iv. 26. 

E-noch Gen. iv. 17. 

S-aul 1 Sam. xviii. 8. 

T-abitha Acts ix. 40, 41. 

M-idian Exodus ii. 15. 

E-lah ... 1 Sam. xvii. 2. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 111. — I AM THAT I AM. — ExoduS iii. 4, 

I-shmaelites Gen. xxxvii. 28. 

A-binadab 1 Chron. ii. 13. 

M-aachah 1 Kin.gs xv. 10. 

T-ekoah 2 Sam. xiv. 2. 

H-abakkuk Hab. ii. 4. 

A-hithophel 2 Sam. xv. 31. 

T-hyatira Acts xvi. 14. 

I-shboseth 2 Sam. ii. 10. 

A-nthoth 1 Kings ii. 26. 

M-alachi Luke i. 17. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 112. — " HOPE THOU IN GOD.'' — 

Psalm xlii. 11. 

H-ebron 1 Sam. ii. 2-4. 

0-thniel Judges i. 11, 33. 

P-adan-aram Gen. xxviii. 5. 

E-lisha 2 Kings iii. 11. 

T-erah Gen. xi. 31, 32. 

H-azael 2 Kings viii. 15. 

0-livet 2 Sam. xv. 30 

U-ri Exodus xxxi. 1 , 2. 

I-sboheth 2 Sam. iv. 5, 6. 

N-achons 2 Sam. vi. 6. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS, 119 

G-ibal Josh. V 12. 

O'bed Riithiv. 17. 

D-emetrius .... Acts xix. 24, 20. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 113. — HARDEN NOT YOUR HEARTS. — 

Psalm xcv. 8. 

H-adad 1 Kings iv. 14. 

A'lexandria Acts xviii. 24. 

K-ome .• • • ♦ Acts xix. 21. 

D-ura Dan. iii. 1. 

E-lah I Sam. xxi. 9. 

N-adab 1 Kings xiv. 20. 

X-athan 1 Kings i. 10. 

O'ded 2 Chron. xxviii. 9. 

Tertius Rom. xvi. 22. 

Y-oke Gen. xxvii. 4. 

0=zem . 1 Chron. ii. 15. 

U-riah. 2 Sam. xii. 9. 

K-ephidim Exodus xvii. 8. 

H-ephzi-bah 2 Kings xxi. 1. 

E-phphatha -. . . .Mark vii. 34. 

A-senath Gen. xli. 45. 

R-ahab .James ii. 15 ; Heb. xi. 31. 

T-yrannas Acts xix. 9. 

S-abeans Job i. 15. 

KEY TO EXIGMA, NO. 114.— GLORY TO GOD.— =Luke ii. 14. 

1. G-ad .2 Sam* xxiv 11. 

2. L»tiz Gen. xxviii. 19. 

3. 0-badiah 2 Kings xviii. 4. 

4. R-ezin 2 Kings xv. 42. 

5. Y-early Jud. xi. 41. 



120 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

6. T-aphanhes Jer. xliii. 8, 9. 

7. 0-bed-Edom 2 Sam. vi. 11. 

8. G-eba 1 Kings. 

9. 0-nesiphorus 2 Tim. i. 16. 

10. D-eborah Gen. xxxv. 8. 

KEY TO EASTER ACROSTIC NO. 115. — NOW IS CHRIST RISEN 
FROM THE DEAD. — 1 Cor. XV. 20. 

]Sr-oah Gen. ix. 20, 21. 

0-badiah Obadiah i. 

W-orship Matt. iv. 10. 

Lbzan Judges xii. 8. 

S-alem Gen. xiv. 18. 

C-apernaum Matt iv. 13. 

H-aggai Ezra v. I. 

R-echabites Jer. xxxv. 13. 

I-ttai 2 Sam. xv. 19. 

S-enacberib .2 Kings xviii. 3. 

T-obiah Xem. iv. -3. 

R-ephidim Exodus xvii. 8. 

Lshbosheth 2 Sam. iv. 

S-amuel 1 Sam. xi-i. 18. 

E-benezer 1 Sam. vii. 12. 

« N-ehemiah Nem. i. 11. 

F-elix Acts xxiv. 25. 

R-amah of Benjamin. 1 Sam. xxviii, 3. 

0-mri .1 Kings xvi. 16. 

M-attan 2 Kings xi. 18. 

T-ertullus Acts xxiv. 

H-aman Esther vii . 10. 

E-bed-meleh the 

eunuch Jer. xxxviii. 7. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS, 121 

D-ungeon Jer. xxxviii. 13. 

E-1-elohe-Israel Gen. xxxiii. 20. 

A-chan Joshua vii. 1. 

D-euil Eph. vi 11. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 116. — ADD TO YOUR FAITH, VIRTUE. — 

2 Peter i. 5. 

A-pollos Acts xviii. 34. 

D-amaris Acts xvii. 34. 

D-agon 1 Sam. v. 2. 

T-atnai Ezra v. 3. 

0-rnan 1 Chron. xxi. 18. 

Y-arn 1 Kings x. 28. 

0-badiali Obadiah i. 

U-z Job i. 1. 

E-ehoboth Gen. xxvi. 22. 

F-estus Acts xxiv. 27. 

A-rcbippus Phil. ii. 

I-shbi-benob 2 Sam. xxi. 16. 

T-ebeth Esther ii. 16 

H-aggeth 2 Sam. iii. 4. 

Y-ine Isaiah v. 7. 

I-dumea Ezekiel xxxv. 15. 

E-aguel Num. x. 29. 

T-oi 2 Sam. viii. 10. 

U-zziah Zee. xiv. 5. 

E-domites Gen. xxvi. 9. 



122 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 



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KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 117.—" BE GLAD IN THE LORD. — 

Psa. xciv. 31. 

1. B-artimeus Mark x. 46. 

2. E-lymas Acts xiii. 4. 

3. G-ilgal Jud. ii. 1. 

4. L-ehi Jud. xv. 19 

0. A-dam Josh. xiii. 16. 

6. D-iira Dan. iii. 1. 

7. I-saac Gen» xxvi. 1. 

8. N-athan 2 Sam. xii. 13. 

9. T-ilgath-pileser 2 Chron. xxviii. 20. 

10. H-iram ...*.! Kings vii. 45. 

11. E-glon . . . . ijud. iii. 14. 

12. L-ystra Acts xiv. 8. 

13. 0-mri 1 Kings xvi. 16. 

14. K-amah 1 Sam. ii. 11. 

15. D-athan 2 Kings vi. 13. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 118. — THOU HAST PUT GLADNESS IN MY 

HEART. — Psa. iv. 7. 

1. T-heshol-d Ezek. x. 4. 

2. H-ama-n Esther vii. 9, 10. 

3. 0-se-e Kom. ix. 25. 

4. U-ria-^ Matt. i. 6. 

5. H-erodia-5 Mark vi. 19. 

6. A-bisha-i 1 Sam. xxvi 8. 

7. S-iho-n fNura. xxi. 23. 

8. T-erapi-m Jud. xvii . 5» 

9. P-rophec-?/ 2 Peter i. 21. 

10. U-zzia-^ 2 Chron. xxvi. 16. 

11. T-yr-e Isaiah xxiii. 8. 

12. G-algoth-a Matt, xxvii. 38. 

13. L-odeba-r 2 Sam. xvii. 27. 

14. A-rara-^ Gen. viii. 20. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 123 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 119. — JEREMIAH and ANATHOTH. — 

Jer. i. 1. 

J-oshii-a Deut. xxxiv. 9. 

E-kro-/? 2 Kings i. 2. 

R-eb-a Num. xxxi. 8. 

E-gyp-^ 1 Kings iv. 30. 

M-epliiboshet-A 2 Sam. ix. 6, 7. 

I-dd-o 1 Chron. xxvii. 21. 

A-n-^ Prov. vi. 6. 

H-orma-7i Num. xxi. 16. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 120. — BARNABAS. — Acts Iv. 36, 37* 

1. B-artimaeus Mark xlvi. 52. 

2. A-himelech 1 Sam. xxii. 9. 

3. K-echabites Jer. xxxv. 

4. N-ineveh Jonah iii. 

5. A-ssyria 2 Kings xix. 35. 

6. B-ow Gen. ix. 12. 

7. A-rabia Cal. i. 7. 

8. S-balmaneser 2 Kings xvii. 3. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 121. — DAMASCUS — HANANIAH. — Acts 1. 3 

D-ebora-^ Gen. xxxx. 8. 

A-bana-a 2 Kings v. 12. 

M-atta-n 2 Kings xi. 18. 

A-quil-a Acts xmi. 2, 3. 

S-almo-n Euth iv. 21. 

C-ush-z 2 Sam. xviii. 21. 

U-zz-a 1 Chron. xiii. 10. 

S-ara-7i Gen. xvii. 15. 

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124 CURIOSITIES OF TEE BIBLE. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 122. — DANIEL. 

1. D-orcas Acts ix. 36. 

2. A-bel Gen. iv. 8. 

3. ^-athan 2 Sam. xii. 7. 

4. I-srael Gen. xxvii. 41. 

5. E-gypt Ex. xiii. 3. 

6. L-emuel Pro v. xxxi. 1. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 123. — WASH AND BE CLEAN. — 2 Kings V. 13. 

1. W-idow , .Luke xxi. 3. 

2. A-binadab 1 Sam. xvii. 13. 

3. S-hiloh 1 Sam. iii. 21. 

4. H-adassah Esther ii. 7. 

5. A-malkites.. ......... 1 Sam. xxx. 1. 

6. N-aamah Gen. iv. 22. 

7. D-amascus .Acts ix. 19, 20. 

8. B-enhadad 2 Kings xx. 31. 

9. E-phesus .Acts xix. 1 — 9. 

10. C-armel .1 Sam. xxv. 2, 3. 

11. L-ydia . Actsxvi. 14, 15. 

12. E-gypt Gen. xvi. 1. 

13. A-bsalom 2 Sam. xyiii. 18. 

14. K-isroch 2 Kings xxxvi. 37. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 124. — PATIENCE. — Rom. V. 3. 

1. P-anl ITim. i. 1. 

2. A-bel Gen. iv. 11. 

3. T-imothy 2 Tim. iii. 15. 

4. I-sraelites Exod. xix. 45. 

5. E-sau Gen. xxv. 33. 

6. N-athaniel John. ix. 17 — 49, 

7. C-anaan Ex. iii. 8. 

8. E-phriam Gen. xlviii. 20. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 125 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 125. — CLEANSE THOU ME rRO:M SECKET 

FAULTS. — Psa. cxcii. 

1. C-ain Gen. iv. 12. 

2. L-amech Gen. v. 28. 

3. E-ve Gen. iii. 20. 

4. A-dam Gen. iii. 20. 

5. N-ehemiah Neh.- i. 4. 

6. S-aul 1 Sam. xv. 17-30. 

7. E-paphroditus Phil. ii. 25. 

8. T-ertius Eom. xvi. 22. 

9. H-achilah 1 Sam. xxiii. 19. 

10. 0-ded 2 Chron. xxviii. 9. 

11. U-rijah 2 Kings xvi. 11. 

12. M-anoah Jud. xiii. 17. 

13. E-d Josh. xxii. 34. 

14. F-elix Acts xxiv. 27. 

15. R-ehoboam 2 Chron. x. 13. 

16. 0-n, Gen.xli. 45. 

17. M-oab 2 Kines iii. 27. 



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18. S-arah Gen. xviii. 11. 

19. E-sau Gen. xxxiii. 18. 

20. C-yrus Isa. xlv. 1. 

21. P-achab Jer. xxxv. 6. 

22. E-zek Gen. xxvi. 21. 

23. T-homas John xx. 19. 

24. F-esta^ Acts xxv. 9-11. 

25. A-chan Josh. vii. 20. 

26. U-zzah 2 Sam. vi. 6. 

27. L-azarus John xi. 43. 

28. T-ertuUus .Acts xxiv. 2. 

29. S-amuel 1 Sam. xv. 25. 



126 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 126. — DRAW NIGH TO GOD. — JaS. iv. 8. 

1. D-aniel 1 Chron. iii. 1. 

2. E,-iblah 2 Kings xxv. 6. 

3. A-haziahs 2 Kings xi. 1. 

4. In-a-well 2 Sam. xvii. 18. 

5. !Nr-ob 1 Sam xxii. 19. 

6- I-shbi-benob 1 Sam. xxi. 16. 

7. G-oliath 1 Sam. xvi. 23. 

8. H-anani 2 Chron. xvi. 7. 

9. T-hebez Jud. ix. 50-54. 

10. 0-rpah Euth i. 14. 

11. G-adara Mark v. 1-9. 

12. 0-rnan 1 Chron. xxi. 18. 

13. D-othan 2 Kings xi. 13. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 127. — I WILL COME AGAIN. — Johll xiv. 3. 

1. I-ssachar Gen. lix. 14. 

2. W-isdom Prov. viii. 30. 

3. I-saac Gen. xxi. 16. 

4. L-evites Num. i. 50. 

5. L-evi Jud. xv. 9. 

6. C-ain Gen. ir. 16. 

7. 0-badiah 1 Kings xviii. 4. 

8. M-elchizedec Gen. xv. 19. 

9. E-li 1 Sam. iii. 13. 

10. A-hitophells 2 Sam. xvii. 7. 

11. G-omorah Gen. xix. 28. 

12. A-himaaz 2 Sam. xvii. 17. 

13. I-chabod 1 Sam. iv. 22. 

J 4. N-ebo Deut. xxxiv. 1, 5. 



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SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 127 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 128. — JESUS WEPT. Johll xi. 35. 

1. J-oppa Acts ix. 39. 

2. E-1 melech Ruth i. 2. 

3. S-hepliai\ah 2 Sam. iii. 4. 

4. U-zziah 2 Chron. xxvi. 

5. S-tephanas 2 Cor. xv. 25. 

6. W-onderful Isa. ix. 6. 

7. E-lkb 1 Sam. xvii. 28. 

8. P-adanaram Gen. xxvi-ii. 

9. T-erah Gen. xi. 31. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 129. — HOREB. — Ex. xvii. 6 ; 1 Cor. X. 4. 

1. H-ez'ekiah 2 Kings xx. 1. 

2. 0-n Gen. xli. 45. 

3. R-aamses Ex. i. 2. 

4. E-noch Gen. 22-29. 

5. B-abel Gen. x. 10. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 130. — AGABUS. — Acts xi., 27; Xxi. 10. 

1. A-sber Deut. xxxiii. 25. 

2. G-ershom Ex. ii. 22. 

3. A-mmiel Num. xiii. 12. 

4. B-alaam Num. xxiv. 17. 

5. U-r of the Chaldees . . Gen. xi. 27. 

6. S-hishak 2 Chron. xii. 2. 



128 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 131. — OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD.- 

Rom. xii. 21. 

1. 0-phir 2 Chron. viii. 18. 

2. Y-ine Ps. Ixxx. 8; Is. v. 1. 

3. E-zekiel Ezekiel i. 1. 

4. R-echabites Jer. xxxv. 

5. C-ain Gen. iv. 8. 

6. 0-thniel Jud. i. 12, 13. 

7. M-ary Ex. x. 20; 1 Chron. iv. 17* 

8. E-gypt Ex. XX. 33. 

9. E-sau Gen. xxvii. 34. 

10. Y-ophsis Num. xiii. 14. 

11. I-srael Gen. xlii. 30. 

12. L-azarus Luke xvi. 20. 

13. W-omen of Thebez.. .Jiid. ix. 50. 

14. I-bzan Jud. xii. 8, 9. 

15. T-yre Ezek. xxvii. 28. 

16. H-ananiah Dan. i. 7. 

17. G-erizim Deut. xi. 29. 

18. 0-badiah 1 Kings xiii. 4. 

19. 0-wl Isa. xiii. 19. 

20. D-aniel Ezek. xiv. 1-4 ; Dan. xiv. 14. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 132. — EZRA. — Chap. xii. 6. 

1. E-1-beth-el Gen. xxxv. 7. 

2. Z-ipporah Ex. xviii. 1. 

3. K-uth Ruthi. 16. 

4. A-sahel 2 Sam. ii. 18. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 129 

KEY TO EXIGMA NO. 133. — CAPERXAUM. — Matt. xi. 23. 

1. C-horazin Luke x. 13. 

2. A-nt:och Acts xi. 26, 

0. P-ergamos Rev. ii. 12. 

4. E-j)hesus Acts xix. 1. 

5. R-ome Acts xxviii. 30. 

6. N-iiieveli Jonah iii. 5. 

7. A-theiis Acts xvii. 23. 

8. U-z Job i. 1. 

9. M-ach;;el Gen. xxiii. 17. 

KEY TO EXIGMA XO. 134. — ''LET NOT Y^OUR HEART BK 

TROUBLED." 

1. L-aodicean Rev. iii, 14. 

2. E-phesus 

3. T-hyatira Rev. ii. 18-28. 

4. X-icodemus John iii. 1-21. 

5. O-nesiplioras 2 Tim. i. 16-18. 

6. T-imothy 

7. Y-oke Matt. xi. 13. 

8. 0-lives, Mount of Acts i. 12. 

9. U-nity Ephes iv. 3. 

10. R-edeemer Psa. xix. 14. 

11. H-annah 1 Sam. i. 14. 

12. E-li 1 Sam. i. 17. 

13. A-saph 1 Chron. xxv. 1. 

14. R-amoth Gilead .Deut. iv. 34. 

15. T-iberias, Sea of John xxi. 1. 

16. B-ethesda, Pool of. . ..John v. 2. 

17. E-utvchus Acts xx. 9. 

9 



130 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

18. T-yre Isaiah xxiii. 

19. ll-ezin 2 Kings xv. 34. 

20. 0-bad:ah 1 Kings xviii. 4. 

21. U-riah 2 Sam. xi. 15. 

22. B-athsheba 2 Sam. xi. 3 

23. L-odebar 2 Sam. ix. 4, 5. 

24. E-stber Esther viii. 

25. D-av:d Matt. i. 1. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 135. THE TWO COWS THAT BREW THE 

ARK UPON ITS RETURN TO ISRAEL. — 1 Samuel vi. 7 — 14. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 136. — THE WINDOW FROM WHICH 
EUTYCHUS FELL. — ActS XX. 9. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 137. — JOSEPH'S COFFIN. — Gen. I. 26 ; 
Exod. xiii 19 ; Josh. xxiv. 32. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 138. — '* ABBA.^' — Mark xiv. 36; 
Rom. viii. 15 ; Gal. iv. 6. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 139. — GRACE — GLORY. 

1. G-odliness 2 Peter i. 6. 

2. R-io'hteous 1 Peter iv. 18. 

3. A-ssm^ance Heb. vi. 11. 

4. C-onfidence 1 John v. 14. 

5. E-lection Rom. ix. 11, 12; 2 Peter i. 10. 

1. G-ain 1 Tim. vi. 6. 

2. L-ove 1 Cor. viii. 13. 

3. 0-mega Rev. i. 2; xxii. 13. 

4. R-est 2 Thess. i. 7. 

5. Y-ea 2 Cor. i. 10. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 140. — THE NIGHT COMETH. — John ix. 4. 

T-heophihis Luke i. 3; Acts i. 50. 

H-azeroth. . . . • Num. xii. 15, 16. 

E-phphatha Mark vii. 34. 



SCRIPTURE ENIGMAS. 131 

N-imrod Gen. x. 8, 9. 

I-saac Gen. xxiv. 63. 

G-ershom Exodus ii. 22. 

H-iddekel Gen. ii. 14. 

T-roas 2 Tim. iv. 3. 

C-ana John xxi. 2. 

0-badiah 1 Kings xviii. 5, 6. 

M-anasseli 2 Kings xx. 21. 

E-non John iii. 23. 

T-imothy Tim. iv. 12. 

H-aran Gen. xi. 27. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 141. — JEZEBEL — OBADIAH. — 

2 Kings xviii. 4. 

J-ethr-^ Exodus iii. 1. 

E-liashi-5 Neh. viii. 4, 5. 

Z-ib-a 2 Sam. ix. 

E-lda-of N"um. xi. 26-29. 

B-eer-lahai-ro-i Gen. xvi. 6-15. 

E-lish-a 2 Kings iv. 14. 3. 

L-amec-A Gen. v. 30; vi. 8 ; xxii. 7, 5. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 142. — ABRAHAM — BY FAITH. — Rom. iv. 

1. A-binada-& 1 Sam. vii. 1. 

2. B-ethan-?/ Mark xiv. 3. 

3. E-oo-/ Mark ii. 4. 

4. A-dmath-a Esther i. 14. 

5. H-ophn-z 1 Sam. iv. 11. 

6. A-rara-i Gen. viii. 4-20. 

7. M-oria-A Gen. xxii. 2, 9, 10. 



132 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

KEY TO ENIGMA KO. 143. — MELCHIZEBEK. — Gen xiv. 18; 

Psalm ex. 4. 

1. M-ar-^- Aets xii. 12; xv. 87, 39. 

2. E-v-e Gen. iii. 6. 

3. L-aha-fl? 1 Chron. iv. 2. 

4. C-hlo-e 1 Cor. i. 4. 

5 H-aru-2; 2 Kings xxi. 19. 

6. I Personal pronoun. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 144. — " REST IN THE LORD."^ — 

Psalm xxxvii. 7. 

R-abbath 2 Sam. xi, 1. 

E-knon 2 Kings i. 2. 

S-amaria 

T-admor 1 Kings ix. 18. 

I-shmael Gen. xvii. 20. 

N-ahash 1 Sam . xi. 1. 

T-arshish Jonah i. 3. 

H-iel 1 Kings xvi. 34. 

E-bedmelech Jer. xxxviii. 12, 13. 

L-emuel Prov. xxxi. 1. 

0-livet 3 Sam. xv. 30. 

E-ipzah 2 Sam. xxi. 8. 

D-amascus Gen. xv. 2. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 145. — HADASSAH — MORDECAI. — 

Esther ii. 7. 

1. H-ira-m 1 Kings v. 1, 15. 

2 . A-hi-o 1 Sam. vi. 3. 

3. D-ebi-r Josh, x, 3, 27. 

4. A-ta-^ Gen. i. 10, 11. 

5. S-alom-e Mark xvi. 1. 

6. S-ado-c Matt. i. 14. 

7. A-bagth-a Esther i. 10. 

8. H-ega-i Esther ii. 8. 



SCRIPTURE ENIG1S1AS, 183 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 146. — GIDEON — PHURAH. — 

Judges ii. 9, 11. 

1. G-at-^ 2 Sam. xxi. 22. 

2. I-r-a 2 Sam. xx. 26. 

3. D-eka-r 1 Kings iv. 9. 

4. E-lih-i^ Job xxxii. 1, 6. 

5. 0-phra-^ Judges vi. 11, 14; viii. 32. 

6. N-e-p-(heg) Exodus vi. 21; Num. xvi. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 147. 

1. Rain , Isaiah Iv. 10. 

2. Bow Lam. ii. 4. 

3. Rainbow Gen. xii 12, 17. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 148. 

1. Fig. 2. Tree. 

Whole, Fig-tree. Luke xiii. 6; Mark ix. 13, 14, 20, 21. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO 149. — RICHES. 

1. R.uby Pi'ov. xxxi. 10. 

2. I-doL^ 2 Cor. viii. 4. 

3. C-amel Matt. xix. 24. 

4. H-eavens Psalm viii. 3. 

5. E-nd 1 Peter iv. 7. 

6. S-pikenard. . , John xii. 3. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 150. — ASA — EVE. — 2 ChrOH. XV. ; G^ll. iii. 

1. A-b-e-l 1 Sam. vi. 18. 

2. S-e-v-an Esther viii. 9. 

3. A-r-(?-tas 2 Cor. xi. 31. 



134 CURI0S7TIFS OF THE BIBLE. 

KFY TO ENIGMA NO. lol. SEKPENT. — 2 Cor. ii. 3. 

1. S-iirht .*. Luke iv. IS. 

2. E-ves John xi. 15. 

3. K-Vst Matt. ix. 28. 

4. P-ordition 2 IVter iii. 7. 

5. E-lonionts 2 Peter iii. 10. 

6. N-ails, John xx. 25. 

7. T-liieves. Matt xxvii. 38. 

KFY TO KXUiMA XO. 152. — SOLOMON, 

1. Beth-cf-aida ^latt. ii. 21. 

2. Cr-o-b 2 Sam. xxi. 18, 19. 

3. Beth-/-ehem Mio. v. 2. 

4. X-o-b 1 Sam. xxii. 9, 19. 

5. Ra-m-ali Jer. xxxi. 15, 17. 

6. Ar-t>-er Deut. ii. 36. 

7. Tim-/i-ath Jud. 14. 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 153. — SENNACHERIB — APKAMMELEOH. 

Isa. xxxxii. o7. 

1. S-arept-(i Luke iv. 25, 2c>. 

2. K-lda-(/ Num. xi. 2(^. 28. 

3. X-ebuehadnezza-r. . . . .Daniel iv. 31, 36. 

4. X-ehust-tj 2 Kings xxiv. 8, 1 5. 

5. A-mra-i» 1 Cbix>n. vi. 3. 

6. C-ajvrnau-iw Matt, xi. ^'S. 

7. IK'ii:-^' Estber i. 3. 

8. E-gv«/. 2 Sam. xx. 19. 

9. K-om-^ 1 Tim. i. 16, 17. 

10. I-saa-r Gen. xvii. 19. 

11. B-aalWn-.7 Judires viii. 33. 



scnrrrrRK j:\1(;.]jas. 135 

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 151. — THE lUlEASlTLATE — UUIM AND 

TIIUMMIM. 

1. T-oh-u 1 Sam. i. 50. 

2. lI-adii(loze-r 2 Sam. viii. 3. 

3. E-l-t 1 Sam. iv. 19, 13. 

4. B-ochi-m Jiid. ii. 1, 5. 

5. l\-ob-(? Josh. xiii. 21. 

6. E-tha-/i Psa. 89— t itlo. 

7. A-hilu-^/ 2 Sam. viii. 16. 

8. S-anballa-^ Noli. ii. 10. 

9. T-abora-r Kiim. xi. 13. 

10. V-a\Ui 1 Chron. v. x, 2, 3. 

11. L-eslie-m Josh. xix. 47; (Jleii. xxx. 5. 

12. A-krabbi-;/i Num. xxxiv. 4. 

13. T-o-i 2 Sam. viii. 9, 10. 

14. E-liaki-m 2 Kings xviii. 18. 

KEY TO ANAGRAM NO. 155. — MANOAII. — Jud. xiii. 2. 

iSTos. 6, 5, 1, 2, 3, llaman.. Esther vii. 10. 

Noah. . .CJon. x. 1. 
Ham... .Gen. x. 0. 

]\laii Gen. iii. 24. 

]\Ioon.. .Josh. XV. 55. 
Kaam . . 1 Chron. iv. 15. 

No Jer. Ivi. 25. 

On Gen. xli. 45. 



ii 


3, 


4,5, 


«, 


• • 


Ii, 


2,1, 






]. 


2, a, 






1, 


2, 1, 


3, 






2,5, 


1, 




3, 


■4, 






4, 


3, 





136 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

KEY TO ANAGRAM NO. 156. — NEBUCHADNEZZAR. — Dan. ii. 28. 

1. N-adab Levit. x. 1-2. 

2. E-zra Ezra vii. 6. 

3. B-arcah Jer. xxxvi.4 — 31. 

4. U-zzah 1 Sam. vi. 6, 7. 

5. C-herub Exod. xxxvii. 8. 

6. H-eber Jud. iv. 17. 

7. A-bner 1 Sam. xiv. 50. 

8. D-m'a Dan. iii. 1., 

9. N-eah Josh. xix. 13. 

10. E-den Gen. ii. 8. 

11. Z-ered Deut. ii. 14, 13. 

12. Z-abud 1 Kings iv. 5. 

13. A-zzah Deut. ii. 13. 

14. R-eu Gen. xi. 18. 



WHAT CHRISTIANS SHOULD BE 



ACCORDIXa TO THE BIBLE. 



Abhorring that which is evil Eora. xii. 9. 

Abstaining from all appearance of evil 1 Thess. v. 22. 

Always abounding in the work of the Lord ... 1 Cor. xv. 58. 

Always confident 2 Cor. v. 6. 

Approving things that are excellent Phil. i. 10. 

Asking and receiving 1 Jno. iii. 22. 

Avenging not themselves Eom. xii. 10. 

Avoiding profane and vain babblings 1 Tim. vi. 10. 

Awaking to righteousness 1 Cor. xv, 34. 

Bearing one another's burdens Gal. vi. 2. 

Believing to the saving of the soul Heb. x. 30. 

Bewaring of covetoiisness Lu. xii. 15. 

Blameless and harm.less, the Sons of God Phil. ii. 15. 

Blessing them which persecute us Rom. xii. 14. 

Boldly saying the Lord is my helper . He. xiii. 6. 

Bringing forth fruit unto God Bom. vii. 4. 

Calling upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. .1 Cor. i. 2. 

Careful for nothing Phil. iv. 6. 

Careful [only] to maintain good works Tit. iii. 8. 

Casting all our care upon Him 1 Pe. v. 7. 

Circumcised witl out hands Col. ii. 11. 

Cleansed from all filthiness 1 Cor. vii. 1. 

Cleansed with the blood of Christ from all sin. . .1 Jno. i. 9. 
9 



340 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 

Cleaving to that which is good Rom. xii. 9. 

Clothed with humility 1 Pe. v. 5. 

Coming continually unto Christ 1 Pe. ii. 4. 

Considering Christ Jesus Heb. iii. 1 • 

Content with such things as we have Heb. xiii. 5- 

Continuing constant in prayer Eom. xi-i. ]2. 

Crucified by the cross unto the world Gal. vi. 14- 

Dead to sin Kom. vi. :J. 

Dead to the law^ Rom . vii. 4. 

Declaring plainly tbat we seek a country Heb. xi. 14. 

Delivered from the power of darkness Col. i. 13. 

Denying self, or the old nature Mat. xvi. 14. 

Discerning both good and evil Heb. v. 14. 

Distributing to the necessity of saints Rom. xii lo. 

Dwelling in love and in God 1 Jno. iv. 16. 

Earnestly contending for the faith Jude 8. 

Earnestly desiring our house from heaven 2 Cor. v. 2. 

Edifying one another 1 Thes. v. 11. 

Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit Eph. iv. o- 

Enduring hardness 2 Tim. ii. o- 

Entering w4th boldness into the holiest Heb. x. 19. 

E8poi>3ed to one hu«sband 2 Cor. xi. 2. 

Excelling to the edifying of the Church 1 Cor. xiv. 12. 

Exhorting one another as the day approaches Heb. x. 25. 

Eaitlif ul stew^ards 1 Cor. iv. 2. 

Fearing God 1 Pe. ii. 17. 

Fervent in spirit Rom. xii. 11. 

Fervently loving one another w4th a pure heart. . .1 Pe. i. 22. 

Filled with all the fulness of God Eph. iii. 19. 

Filled with the Spirit Eph. v. 1 8. 

Filled with the fruits of righteousness Phil. i. 11. 

Following peace with all men, and holiness Heb. xii. 14. 

Following the steps of Jesus 1 Pe. ii. 21. 

Forbearing one another in love Eph. iv. 2* 

Forgiving one another Col. iii. 13. 

Fruitful in every good w^ork Col. i. 10. 

Gentle unto all men 2 Tim. ii. 24. 



WHAT CHRISTIANS SHOULD BE. 341 

Glorifying God in body and in spirit 1 Cor. vi. 20. 

Given to hospitality Rom. xii. lo* 

Giving diligence to make our calling and elec- 
tion sure 2 Pe. i. 20. 

Giving thanks always for all things Epli. v. 20, 

Giving not grudgingly, or of necessity 2 Cor. ix. 7- 

Grieving not the Holy Spirit of God Ej^h. iv^ 30. 

Growing in grace and knowledge of Christ 2 Pe. iii. 18. 

Happy in bearing reproach for Christ 1 Pe. iv. 14. 

Hastening the coming of the day of God 2 Pe. iii. 12. 

Having promise of the life that now is and that 

to come 1 Tim. iv. 8. 

Holding fast that which is good 1 Thes. v. 2i. 

Holding fast the form of sound words 2 Tim. i. 12. 

Holding fast the faithful word Tit. i. 9. 

Holy in all manner of conversation 1 Fe. i. 15. 

Hoping to the end 1 Fe. i. 18. 

Humbling seK under the mighty hand of God. . . .1 Pe. v. G. 

Plungering and thirsting after righteousness Mat. v. G. 

Illuminated Heb. 1 . 82. 

Increasing in the knowledge of God Col. i. 10. 

Inheriting all things llev. xxi. 7. 

Instant in season, out of season 2 Tim. iv. 2. 

Joined unto the Lord . 1 Cor. vi. 17. 

Joying in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. . . .Rom. v. 11. 

Judging one another no more Rom. xiv. 18. 

Keeping the commandments of Christ Jno. xiv. 21. 

Keeping that which is committed to our trust. .1 Tim. vi. 20. 

Keeping ourselves unspotted from the world . . . .James i. 27. 

Keeping ourselves from idols 1 Jno. v. 21. 

Keeping ourselves in the love of God Jude xxi. 

Kind one to another, tenderhearted Ei h. iv. 32. 

Kindly affectioned one to another Rom. xii. 10. 

Knit together in love Col. ii. 2. 

Knowing that we have eternal life 1 Jno. v. 13. 

Laboring to enter into that rest Heb. iv. 11 . 

Laying aside all malice and all guile 1 Pe. ii. 1. 



342 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

Laying up for ourselves treasures in Heaven Mat. vi. 20. 

Led by the Spirit of God Rom. viii. 14. 

Letting no corrupt communication proceed out 

of the mouth Eph. iv. 29. 

Like minded, having the same love Phil. ii. 2. 

Living henceforth not unto ourselves, but unto 

Him 2 Cor. v. 15. 

Looking not at the things which are seen 2 Cor. iv. 18. 

Looking for the Saviour Phil. iii. 20. 

Looking for that blessed hope Tit. i-i. 13. 

Looking for Him that shall appear Heb. ix. 28. 

Looking off unto Jesus Heb. xii. 2. 

Loving God because He first loved us 1 Jno. iv. 19. 

Loving Christ whom we have not seen 1 Pe. i. 8. 

Loving one another, and thus showing that v/e 

are His Jno. xiii. 35. 

Made meet to be partakers of the saints' inher- 
itance. Col. i. 12* 

Meek, and inheriting the earth jNIat, v. 5. 

Merciful, and obtaining mercy Mat. v. 7. 

Mindful of the words recorded in the Scriptures. .2 Pe. iii. 2. 

Mortifying our members which are on the earth. . Col. iii. 5. 

Not pleasing ourselves llom. xv. 1. 

Not resisting evil Mat. v. 39. 

Not taking anxious thought about our life Mat. vi. 25. 

Not judging, that we be not judged Mat. vii.l. 

Not fearing them which kill the body Mat. x. 28. 

Not of the world Jno. xvii. 16. 

Not conformed to this world Rom. xii. 2. 

Not wise in our own conceits Rom. xii. 16. 

Not our own 1 Cor. vi. 19. 

Not children in understanding 1 Cor. xiv. 20. 

Not unequally yoked together with unbelievers . .2 Cor. vi. 14. 

Not entangled again with the law Gal. v. 1. 

Not weary in well doing . Gal. vi. 9 • 

Not sleeping, as do others 1 Thes. v. 6. 

Not seK-willed, not soon angry Tit. i. 7. 



WHAT CHRISTIANS SHOULD BE. 343 

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves to- 
gether Heb. X. 2^5. 

Not despising the chastening of the Lord Heb. xii. 5. 

Not carried about mth diverse aiid strange doc- 
trines Heb. xiii. 9. 

Not rendering evil for evil 1 Pe. iii. 9. 

Now past all condemnation Kom. viii. 1. 

Now made nigh by the blood of Christ Eph. ii. 13. 

Now the Sons of God 1 Jno. iii. 2. 

Obedient children 1 Pe. i. 14. 

Occupying till Christ comes Lu. xix. 13. 

Ordained unto eternal life Acts. xiii. 48. 

Overcoming by the blood of the Lamb Eev. xii. 11. 

Passed from death unto life Jno. v. 24. 

Patient in tribulation Rom. xii. 12. 

Patient toward all men 1 Thes. v. 14. 

Patiently waiting for Christ 2 Thes. iii. 5. 

Peacemakers Mat. v. 9. 

Perfectly joined together in the same mind 1 Cor. i. 10. 

Pitiful and courteous 1 Pe. iii. 8. 

Praying without ceasing 1 Thes. v. 1. 

Praying always in the spirit, for all saints Eph. vi. 18. 

Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord Eph. v. 10. 

Purchased with blood Acts xx. 28. 

Purifying ourselves even as He is pure 1 Jno. v. 3. 

Putting away all bittern-ess and wrath E}^h. iv. 31. 

Putting on the new man Eph. iv. 24. 

Putting on the whole armour of God Eph. vi. 11. 

Putting on love above all these things Col. iii. 14. 

Quenching not the spirit 1 Thes. v. 19. 

Reaching forth unto those things that are before . . Phil. iii. 13. 

Ready to every good work Tit. iii. 1. 

Receiving a kingdom Heb. xii. 28. 

Receiving the promise of the Spirit Gal. iii. 14. 

Reckoning ourselves dead unto sin Rom. vi. 11. 

Redeeming the time Eph. v. 15. 

Refraining the tongue from evil 1 Pet. iii. 10. 



344 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

Rejoicing in the Lord always Phil. iv. 4. 

Returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of our 

Souls 1 Pet. ii. 25. 

Running with patience the race set before us. . . . Heb. xii. 1. 

Sanctified through the offering of Christ Heb. x. 10. 

Saved by grace through faith Eph. ii. 8. 

Sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise Eph. i. 13. 

Searching the Scriptures Jno. v. 39. 

Seeking not our own, but the welfare of others. . 1 Cor. x. 24. 

Separated from the world 2 Cor. vi. 17. 

Serving one another by love Gal. v. 13. 

Sincere and \Yithout offence till the day of Christ. .Phil. i. 10. 

Sounding out the word of the Lord 1 Thes. i. 8. 

Speaking the truth in love Eph. iv. 55. 

Speaking not evil one of another James iv. 11. 

Stablished in the faith Col. ii. 7. 

Striving together for the faith of the gospel Phil. i. 27. 

Taking heed to an evil heart of unbelief Heb. iii. 12. 

Taught of God to love one another 1 Thes. iv. 9. 

Teaching and admonishing one another Col. iii. 16. 

Thankful Col. iii. 15. 

Thinking no evil 1 Cor. xiii. 5. 

Transformed by the renewing of the mind Rom. xii. 2. 

Trusting in the living God 1 Tim. iv. 10. 

Using this world as not abusing it 1 Cor. vii. 31. 

Tictorious through faith 1 Jno. v. 4. 

Vigilant against our adversary the devil 1 Pe. v. 8. 

Waiting for the Son of God from heaven 1 Thes. i. 10. 

Walking in the light, as He is in the light 1 Jno. i. 7. 

Wanting nothing James i. 4. 

Watching and standing fast in tlie faith 1 Cor. xvi. 13. 

AVeeping with them that w^eep Rom. xii. 15. 

AYise unto that which is good Rom. xvi . 19. 

Working out our own salvation Piiil. ii. 12. 

Worshipping God by the Spirit Phil. iii. 3. 

Yielding ourselves unto God Rom. vi. 13. 

Zealous of good works Tit. ii. 14. 



CURIO US FA CTS, 345 

CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT THE BIBLE. 

These curious facts about the Bible were ascertained, it is 
stated, by a convict sentenced to a long term of solitary con- 
finement: The Bib'e contains 3,586,489 letters, 773,092 words, 
31,173 verses, 1,189 chapters, and G6 books. The word and 
occurs 46,277 times. The wovdi Lord occurs 1,855 times. T.ie 
word reverend occurs but once, which is in the 9th verse of the 
11th Psalm. Tne middle verse is the 8th verse of the 118th 
Psalm. The 21st verse of the 7th chapter of Ezra contains all 
the letters of the alphabet except the letter J. The finest chap- 
ter to read is the 26th chapter of the Acts of the Apostles. The 
19th chaptsr of 2 Kings and the 37th chapter of Isaiah are alike. 
The longest verse is the 9th verse of the 8th chapter of Esther. 
The shortest verse is the 35th of t':e 11th chapter of St. John. 
The 8th, 15th, 21st, and 31st verses of the 107th Psalm are alike. 
Each verse of the 136th Psalm ends alike. There are no words 
or names of more than six syllables. 



CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX 



TO 



THE BIBLE 



TERIOD I. 



FROM THE CREATION TO THE DELUGE, CONTAINING r,6:;6 

YEARS. 



A. M. 


B.C. 


I 


4004 


2 


4002 


3 


4001 


125 


3«75 


130 


3S74 


622 


33S2 


687 


3317 


930 


3074 


987 


3017 


1042 


29f>2 


1056 


2948 



1536 246S 

I 
J656 2348 



The creation of the world Genesis i : 2. 

Fall of our first parents, Adam and Eve, from holi- 
ness and happiness, by disobeying God. Promise 

of a Saviour *' 3, 

Cain born , " 4:1, 

Abel bom j " 4:2. 

Abel murdered by his brother Cain j " 4;S. 

Seth born, his father, Adum, being 130 years old .. . " 5:3. 

Enoch born \ I " 5 : 18, igi, 

Methuseiah born : '* 5:21. 

Adam dies, aged 930 years " 5:5. 

Enoch translated, aged 3O5 years [ " 5 :24. 

Seth dies, aged 912 years. *' 5:3. 

Noah born.... '• 5:28,29. 

The Deluge threatened, and Noili commissioned ( ( p /^v!~^^* 

to preach repentai.co during 120 years \ ) " K 3:^o. 

^ ■' (2 Pet. 2 ."5. 

Methuselah dies, aged 969 yeai-s Genesis 5:27. 

In the same year Noah enters into the ark, being 

600 years old " 7'(>i 7- 



PERIOD II. 



FROIM THE DELUGE TO THE CALL OF ABRAHAM, CONTAINING 

427 YEARS. 



A.M. B.C. 

i<^57 2347 Noali, with his family, leaves the ark after the 
deluge, and otTering sacrifices, he receives the 
covenant of safety, of which the rainbow was 
the token 

1770 2234 Babel built 

1770 2234 The confusion of languages, and dispersion of man- 

kind 

1771 2233 Ninnod lays the first foundation of the Babylonian 

or Assyrian monarchy 

1816 21S8 ^lizraim lays the foundation »-f tlie Egyptian mon- 
archy 

2006 1998 Noah dies, a^'ed 050 years 

300S 1996 Abran\ or Abraham born 



Genesis 


8:iS, 20. 


1^ 


9:n 17- 


i( 


II. 


(( 


II. 


(( 


io:S-n. 


(( 


10: n. 




^••29- 
11:26. 



CIIROXOLOGICAL INDEX, 



347 



PERIOD III. 

FROJ.I THE CALL OF ABRAHAM TO THE EXODUS OF ISRAEL 
tROM EGYPT, 430 YEARS. 



A.M. 


B. C. 


200S 


1930 


20S3 


102 I 


2091 


19^3 


2094 


I91O 


210/ 


^9'}I 



210S 


1S96 


2133 


1871 


2145 
214S 

2168 


1S5:) 
1S5S 


21S3 


1821 


2245 


1759 


225S 
2265 


1746 
1739 


2275 
228S 


1729 
1716 


22gS 
2315 


1706 
1689 


236S 


1656 


2430 


^574 


2433 


1571 


2473 


1531 


2513 ' 


1401 



Abraham offers Isaac as a burnt sacrifice to God. 



Abram called from Chaldean idolatry, at 60 years of 
vige 

Abram' s second cad to Canaan 

Abram's victory over the kmi^s, and rescue cf Lot. . 

Ishmael born, Abi-am being 86 years old 

God's covenant ^wdi Abram, changmg his name to 
Abrahiifii; clrcumcis.oa mstituted — Lot delivered, 
and Sodom, Gomorrali, Admah, and Zcbi^iim de- 
stroyed by tire c:i account c f tb.e^r abominations. . 

Isaac born, Abraham being 100 years o.d 

1 
/ 

Sarah, Abraham wife, dies, aged 127 years 

Isaac marries Rebecca 

Jacob and Esau born, Isaac being 60 years old 

Abraham dies, aged 175 years 

Jacob goes to his uncle Laban in Syria, and marries 
his daughters, Leah and Rachel 

Joseph borr., Jacob being 90 years old 

Jacob i-eturns 10 Canaan 

Joseph sold as a slave by his brethren 

He explains Pharaoh's dreams, arid is made gov- 
ernor c f Egypt 

Joseph's brethren settle in Egypt 

Jacob foretells the advent of INIessiah, and dies in 
Egypt, aged 147 years 

Joseph dies, aged 1 10 years , 

Aaron born 

Moses born 

Moses flees into !Midlan 

Moses connnissioned by God to deliver Israel 



Genesis 11:31. 
'' 12: 1-4. 
'' 14:1-24. 
" 10. 



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17-19. 
21. 


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Heb. 


11:17-19. 


Jas. 2 


: 21. 


Genes 


IS 23:1. 




24. 
25:26. 


(i 


25:7,8. 


u 


28. 




30:23,24 

3i; 32. 




37- 


(( 


41. 




43; 44- 




49. 
e;o:26. 


Exod 


6:20; 7:7. 


a 


2: l-IO. 


(( 


2: 11-13. 


<( 


3:2. 



PERIOD IV. 

FROM THE EXODUS OF ISRAEL FROM EGYPT TO THE BUILD- 
E\G OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE, 487 YEARS. 



A.M. 
2513 
2514 

2552 



2561 
2849 

2 888 

2909 
2919 

2941 

2949 

2956 



B. C. 

149 r 
14Q0 
1452 



2553 1451 



1443 
ii55 
1 1 16 



1095 
1085 

1063 
1055 
J048 



Miraculous passage of the Red sea by the Israelites Exod. 14: 15. 

The law delivered on Sinai " n)-4o. 

Miriam, sister of Moses, dies, aged 130 years Num. 20: i. 

Aaron dies, aged 123 years " 20: 28, 29. 

Moses dies, aged 120 years, Joshua being ordained 

his successor Dent. 34. 

The Israelites pass the river Jordan, the manna 

ceases, and Jericho taken Josh. 1-6. 

Joshua dies, aged 1 10 years " 24. 

Samuel born i Sam. 1 : 19. 

Eli, the high-priest, dies. Ark cf God taken by the 

Philistines 

Saul anointed king of Israel '* 10 ; 1 1 ; 12. 

David born 

David anointed to be king, and slays Goliath 

Saul is defeated in battle, and in despair kills him- | 

self. David acknowledged king by Judah *' 31. 

Ishbosheth, king of Israel, assassinated, and the 
whole kingdom united under David 2 Sam. i. 



" 


4:1. 




10; II 


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16:13. 

i7:4»c 



23 



348 CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 

' PERIOD IV.—CONTINUED. 

A.M. B. C. ~~ ~~~ 

295/ 10 17 Jsru.salem taken from the Jebusites by David, and ' 

made the royal city 2 Sam. 5. 

2.;69 107,5 David commits adultery with Batiisheba, and con- 
trives the death of her husband Uriah j " n. 

2970 1034 David brought to repentance for his sin by Nathan I 

the prophet, sent to him by the Lord | " 12. 

2^71 1033 So.omon is born _ _. *' 13:24. 

2 )6i 1023 Absaom rebels against his father, and is slain by 

Joab ; I " 15; i3 

2989 10,5 David causes Solomon to be proclaimed king, de- 

feating the rebellion cf Adonijah i Kings i. 

2990 1014 Dav!d d es, aged 70 years j '• "" 2. 

3000 1004 Solomon's temple fimshed, after seven years build- I 

. "^S ' *' 6 ;_7._ 

PERIOD V. 

FROM THE BUILDING OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE TO THE DE- 
STRUCTION Ox^^ JERUSALEM AND CARTlVrrY OF THE 
JEWS IN BABYLON, 412 YEARS. 



B. C. 



975 
958 
955 
953 
930 

929 

u 

918 
914 

897 

896 
892 

885 
884 

878 

8S7 
839 
825 
810 
784 
773 
772 
761 

759 
75.^ 
742 

730 
726 
fc9S 

^43 
641 

610 

<< 

599 
<t 

588 



KINGS OF JUDA H BEGAN 
TO RE.GN. 



Rehoboam 

Abijah, or Abijam. 
Asa 



Jehoshaphat 



KiNGr, OF ISRAEL BEGAN 
TO KK.GN. 



Jereboam L 

Nadab (954) 
Baasha. . . , , 

Eiah 

Zunri. 
Omri. 
Ahab 



PK05'HET.S. 



Ahljah, Shemaiah. 



Ahaziah 



Jehoram 

Ahaziah 

Athaliah 

Joash, or Jehoahaz 



Jehoram, or Joram. 



Amaziah 



Jehu 



Uzziah or Azariah 



Jotham 
Ahaz. . . 



Hezekiah 

Manasseh 

Amoa 

Josiah 

Jehoahaz, or Shallum . . 

Jchoiakim 

Jehoiachin, or Coniah . . 

Zedekiah. 

Babylonian capt^vity^.^. .__ 



Jehoahaz 

Jehoash. 

Jeroboam IL 

a 

Anarch}^, 11 years.., 

Zechariah 

Shalhim; Menahem. 
Pekahiah 

Pekah. 

a 

li 

Hoshea. 

(Captivity, 721) 



Azariah. 
Hanani, 

Jehu. 



Elijah, 910-896. 
Micaiah, 
Elisha, 896-838. 
Jahaziel. 



Jeholada. 
Jonah, 856-7S4. 



Amos, 810-785. 
Hosea, 810-725. 
Joel, 810-660. 

Isaiah, 810-69S. 

Micah, 75S-699. 
Oded. 

Nahum, 720-69S. 

Zephaniah, 640-609. 
Jeremiah, 628-5S6. 
Habakkuk, 612-5901, 
Daniel, 606-534. 



Obadiah, 5S8-583. 



CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX. 



349 



PERIOD VI. 

FROM THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM BY NEBUCHAD- 
NEZZAR, TO THE BIRTH OF CHRIST, 5SS YEARS. 



B. C. 

53'J 

sn 

o 

515 

434 
464 

457 
415 
423 

335 

332 

323 
320 
277 

170 
167 
166 
161 
152 
143 

135 

107 

88 

63 

40 

28 

19 

18 

4 
4 



HISTORICAL EVENTS. 



PROPHETS. 



Dastruction cf Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, and 
captivity of the Jews. 

Babylon taken by Cyrus Ezekiel, 595-536. 

Proclamation of Cyrus; Zerubbabel and Joshua. 

Foundation of the temple. I 

Artaxerxes (Cambyses) forbids the work. ' 

Favorable decree of Ahasuerus (Darius Hystaspes.) Haggai, 520-5x8. 

Esth-ir made queen Zecliariah, 520-5 iS. 

The second temple finished. 

Hamau's plot frustrated. 

Xerxes, king of Persia. 

Artaxerxes Longimanus. 

Ezra sent to govern Jerusalem. 

Nehemiah sent as governor. 

Darius Nothus Malachi, 436-420. 

Alexander the Great invades Persia, and establishes ; 
the Macedonian or Grecian empire. 

Jaddus high-priest. 

Alexander dies. 

Ptolema^us Lagus surprlces Jerusalem. 

Septuagint veislon made by order of Ptolemaeus 
Piiiiadelphus. 

Antiochus Epiphanes takes Jerusalem. 

His persecution. 

Judas Maccabeus governor. 

Jonathan governor. 

He becomes high-priest. 

Simon: treaty with the Romans and Lacedemo- 
nians. 

John Hyrcanus. 

Judas (Aristobulus) high-priest and king. 

Anna the prophetess born. 

Jerusalem* taken by Pompey, and Judea made a 
Roman province. 

Herod made king. 

Augustus Cffisar emperor of Rome. 

The poet Virgil dies. 

Herod begins to rebuilt the temple. 

John the Baptist born. 

Christ born, 4 years before the era known as A. D. 



PERIOD 



VII. 



FROM THE BIRTH 



OF JESUS CHRIST 
FIRST CENPuRY 



TO THE END OF THE 



A. D. 



8 
22 

25 
26 
29 



Nativity of Jesus Christ, four years before a, d. i 

Jesus visits Jerusalem 

Pilate sent from Rome as governor of Judea .... 

John Baptist begins his ministry 

Jesus baptized by John 

Jesus Christ crucified, and rose from the dead . . . . 



Luke 2 :i-i6. 
" 2 .-41-52. 

" 3:1. 
Matt. 3:1. 

" 3:1- 
" 27; 28. 



350 



CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE, 



PERIOD VIL— Continued. 



A. D. 

36 

44 
63 

67 



70 



71 

95 
96 

97 
100 



Saul converted Acts 9 ; 13 ig. 

Conversion of the Gentiles " xo. 

Jpjr.es beheaded by Herod: Peter liberated by an angel . . " 12:1-19. 

Paul sent a prisoner to Rome <' 26:28, 

The Jewish war begins. 

Paul suffers martyrdom at Rome by order of Nero 2 Tim. 4:6, 7. 

The Roman general raises the siege of Jerusalem, by which 1 
an opportunity is afforded for the Christians to retire to | 
Pella beyond Jordan, as admonished oy Christ j Matt. 24:16-20. 

Jerusalem besieged and taken by Titus Vespasian, accord- 
ing to the predictions cf Christ; when 1,100,000 Jews 
perished, by famine, sw^ord, fire, and crucifixion; besides 
97,000 who were sold as slaves, and vast multitudes who 
perished in other parts of Judea 

Jerusalem and its temple razed to iheir foundations 

John banished to the isle of Patmos, by Domitian 

John writes tlie Revelation. 

John liberated from exile, and writes his gospel. 

John, the last surviving apostle, dies, about 100 years old. 



Luke 19:41-44. 
Matt. 24:2. 
Rev. 1:9. 



PROMINENT EVENTS 

IN 

Ecclesiastical l^istorj) 

From the Death of John to thf Fall of the Western Empire. 

A.D. 101 to 476. 

101. Death of Clement Bishop of Rome. 

106. Death of Ignatius Bishop of Antioch, by wild beasts. 

107. Symeoii. Bishop of Jerugalem crucitied, 
119. Fourth cjeiieral Persecution under Adrian. 

135. 580.000 Jews destroyed by Romans. 

136. Adriaii builds ^Elia Capitalina on the right of Jerusalem. 
147. Justin Martyr writes his first apology for Christianity. 
152. The Council of Pergamos. the first on record. 

167. Persecution of the Christians at Smyrna. 

174. Poly carp and Pionices mai-tyred. 

177. Persecution at Lyons and Vienne. Bishop Pothinus martyred. 

185. Death of Origen, the eminent Commentator. 

180. The Saracens first appear defeat the Romans. 

194. The Scriptures translated into Syriac. 

195. The Scriptures translated unto Latin. 

106. TertuJlian writes his Apology for Christianity. 
197. Fifth General Persecution under Severus. 

202. Severus issues an Edict prohibiting Christians from disseminating their 
doctrines. 

203. Death of Irenseus, Bishop of Lyons. 

204. Origen; expounder of the Scriptures at Alexandria. 
218. Death of Clement of Alexandria. 

235. Sixth general persecution, under Maximinus. 

242. Churches first used by Christians. 

249. Seventh general persecution, under Decius. 

2.59. Eight general persecution under Valerian. 

257. ^Martyrdom of Cyprian and Sixtus II, Bishop of Rome. 

260. Temple of Diana at Ephesus burnt. 

270. Birth of Eusebius. Bishop of Caesarea. 

272. The ninth general persecution, under Aurelian. 

286. The Xorth men attack the Roman Empire in the West and the Persians 

in the East. 
302. The tenth persecution, under Diocletian. 
3''6. Constantijie Em.peror, in the West ; Licinus in the East. 
312. Constantine the Great embraces Christianity. 

321. Constantine commands the Observance of Sunday on all his subjects. 
325. Council of Nice condemns Arianism. 
335. Death of Constantine the Great. 
361. Julian the Apostate becomes Emperor. 
385. Jerome translates the Hebrew Scripture in Latin. 
397. Death of Ambrose, Archbishop of Milan. 
407. Death of Chrysostom, Patriarch of Constantinoi:)le. 
410. Rome sacked and burned by Alaric, King of the Visigoths. 
415. Cyril becomes Bishop of Alexandria. 
430. Death of Augustine. 

4fU. Leo, the great Pope of Rome, claims to be vicar of Christ. 
476. Extinction of the Western Empire by Goths. 
478. The sacking of Rome by Odoacer was"^ the great event which preceded the 

^liddle or Dark ages. 

351 



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RECORDED IN THE 

BIBLE. 

By Whom. Subjects. Recorded. 

Abraham's Servant . Success in his mission Gen. 24. 

Jacob Protection against Esau " 23. 

Moses Forgiveness for Idolatrous Israel Ex. 32. 

Moses For the Divine presence " 33. 

Moses For Miriam when smitten with Leprosy . Num. 12. 

jNIoses To enter Canaan Deut. 3. 

Sampson To be avenged on his Enemies Jud, 16. 

Hannah For a man child 1 Sam. 1. 

David Prayer and Thanksgiving after Nathans 

message 2 Sam. 7. 

Solomon Dedication of the temple 1 Kiiigs 8. 

H ezekiah Protection against Sennacherib 2 ' * 19. 

•• "When dangerously ill ** " 20. 

Jabez For Divine blessing 1 Chron. 4. 

Asa Wlien going to battle with Zerah the 2 

Ethiopian *' 6. 

Jehoshaphat For protection against invading armies . . " " 20. 

Hezekiah For the unprepared for keeping the pass- 
over *' " 30. 

Ezra Confession of the peoples sin Ezra. 9. 

Kehemiah For the remnant in Captivity Neh. 1. 

*' , For protection against Sanballat and 

Tobiah = " 4. 

Levites Confession of Gods good and their sins. . . " 9. 

Agur For moderation in his desires Prov. 29. 

Hezekiah See above (2 Kings 19. 20.) Isa. 37. 38. 

Jeremiah In a great famine Jer. 14. 

Dar.iels For restoration of Jerusalem Dan. 9. 

Habakkuk For revival of G ods work Heb. 3. 

Lords Prayer The model Prayer Matt. 6. 

Jesus Under suffering in Gethsemane " 26. 

Jesus Suspension of Divine consolation . " 27. 

Lords Prayer St. Lukes account Luke. 2. 

Publicans " For Divine mercy " 18. 

Jesus See above (Matt. 26.) " 22. 

Dying Thief To be remembered by Jesus '* 23. 

Jesus Imploring his Fathers aid John. 12. 

Jesus For himself, his apostles and all believers " 17. 

Apostles On choosing an apostle Acts. 1. 

Primitive Church. For support under persecution * ' 4. 



THE MIRACLES RECORDED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. 

Miracles Where wrought. Recorded in. 

A aron's rod changed Kgj^pt Exod. vii. 10-12. 

Waters made blood Egypt 20-25. 

Frogs produced , Egypt viii. 5-14. 

Lice Egypt 16-18. 

Flies Egypt 20-24. 

]^.Turrain Egypt x. .3-6. 

Boils Egypt 8-11 . 

Thunder, etc Egypt 22-26. 

lj<»custs Egypt X. 15-19. 

Darkness Egypt 21-2.3. 

Death of the first-born P^gvpt xii. 20. 30. 

Knd S a Egypt xiv. 21-31. 

Marah's waters sweetened M arah xv. 23-25. 

IVlanna sent In wilderness x vi. 14-,35. 

Water from the rock Rephidim Repliidim xvii. 5-7. 

A aron's rod budded Kadesh Num. xvii. 1, etc, 

Nnrlab and Abihu consumed Sinai Lev. x. 1, 2. 

The burning of Taberah Taberali Kum. xi 1-2. 

Earthquake and fire _ xvi. 31-35. 

Water flowing from Ihe rock Desert of Zin .... xx. 7-11. 

Serpent, liealing the Israelites Desert of Zin . . . xxi. 8. 9. 

Balaam's ass sp 'aking Pethor xxii. 21-35. 

The -iver Jordan divided River Jordan Josh. iii. 14-19. 

Walls of Jericho fall down Jericho vi. 6-20. 

Sun and moon stand still Gibeon x. 12-14. 

Water flowing from the rock En-hakkore Judg. xv. 19. 

Philistines slain before the ark Ashded 1 Sam v. 1-12. 

Men of Beth-shemesh smitten Beth-shemesli . . . vi. 19. 

Thunder dest-oys Philistines Ebenezer vii. 10-12. 

Thunder and rain in harvest Gilgal xii. 18. 

Sound in the mulberry trees Rephaim 2 Sam. v. 23-25. 

Uzzah struck dead Perez-uzzah vi. 7. 

Jeroboam's hand withered Beth-el 1 Kings xiii. 4, 6. 

Wi<low of Zarepath's meal ... Zarepath xvii. 14-16. 

Widow's son raised Zarepatli 17-24. 

Sacrifice consumed Mount Carrnel. . . xviii. 30-38. 

Rain obtained Land of I s ael . . . 41-45. 

Ahaziah's captains consumed Near Samaria 2 Kings i. 10-12. 

River Jo dan divided River Jordan .... ii. 7. 8, 14. 

Waters of Jericho healed Jericlio 21, 22 

Water for Jehoshaphat's army Land of Moab. . . iii. 16-20. 

The widow's oil multiplied iv. 2-7. 

Shunammite's son raised Shunem 32-37. 

Tlie deadly pottage cured : . Gilgal 3.5-41. 

Hundred men fed with twenty loaves Gilgal 42-44. 

Naaman cured of his leprosy Samaria v. 10-14 

Leprosy inflicted on Gehazi v^amaria 20-27. 

Iron swims River Jordan .... vi. 5-7. 

K in g of Syria's army smitten Dotham 18-20. 

Elisha's bones revive the dead xlii. 21. 

Sennacherib's army destroyed Jerusalem xix. 35. 

Sun goeth back Jerusalem xx. 9-11. 

TTzziah struck with leprosy Jerusalem 2 Ch. xxvi. 16-21. 

Shadrach, Meshach, etc., delivered. . . .Babylon Dan. iii, 19-27. 

Daniel in the den of lions Babylon vi. 16-23. 

Jonah in the whale's belly Jonah ii. 1-10. 

354 



THE MIRACLES OE CUUIST. 

ARKAXGED IS CHEOXOLOGICAL OKDEK 



Miracles. Places- References. 

Turns water into wine Cana Jolin ii. 1-11. 

Cures the nobleman's son of Capernaura ••' iv. 46-64. 

Causes a miraculous draught of tishes. .Sea of Galilee... .Luke v. 1-11. 

Cures a demoniac Capernaum Mark i. 22-28. 

Heals Peter's 's^ife's mother of a fever. " 30,31. 

Heals a leper " 40-45. 

Heals the centurion's servant " Matt. viii. 5-13. 

Raises the widow's son Nain Luke vii. 11-17. 

Calms the tempest Sea of Galilee Matt. viii. 23-27. 

Cures the demoniacs of Gadara Gadara 28-34. 

Cures a man of the palsv Capernaum i^. 1-8. 

Restores to life the daughter of Jairus . ^'' 18, 19, 28-26. 

Cures a woman diseased ^vith a flux of 

blood " Luke viii. 43-48, 

Restores to sight two blind men " Matt. ix. 27-31. 

Heals one possessed with a dumb spirit " 32, 33. 

Cures an inhim man at Bethesda Jerusalem John v. 1-9. 

Cures a man with -withered hand Judea Matt. xii. 10-13. 

Cures a demoniac Capernaum 22, 23. 

Feeds miraculously five thousand Decapolis xiv.; xv. 21. 

Heals the woman of Canaan's daughter-Xear Tyre xv. 22-28, 

Heals a man who was dumb and deaf. . .Decapolis Mark vii. 31-37. 

Feeds miraculously four thousand '• \ .Matt, xv. 32-39. 

Gives sight to a blind man Bethsaida Mark xiii. 22-26. 

Cures a boy possessed of a devil Tabor Matt. xvii. 14-21. 

Restores to sight a man born blind Jerusalem John ix. 

Heals a woman under an infirmity eigh- 
teen years Galilee Luke xiii. 11-17. 

Cures a dropsy '•' xiv, 1-6. 

Cleanses ten lepers Samaria xvii. 11-19, 

Raises Lazarus from the dead Bethany John xi. 

Restores to sight two blind men Jericho*^ Matt. xx. 30-34. 

Blasts the fig-tree Olivet xxi. 18-22. 

Heals the ear of Malchus Gethsemane Luke xxii. 50, 51. 

Causes the miraculous draught of fishesSea of Galilee John xxi. 1-14. 



THE MIBACLES EECOEDED U THE ACTS OE THE APOSTLES. 

Miracles. Where wrought. Recorded in. 

Peter heals a lame man Jerusalem 

Ananias and Sapphira struck dead Jerusalem Acts iii. 1-11. 

Apostles perform many wonders Jerusalem . , v. 1-10 

Peter and John communicate the Holv 

Ghost ".Samaria v. 12-16- 

Peter healeth Eneas of a palsy Lydda viii. 14-17. 

— raiseth Tabitha, or Dorcas, to life ...Joppa ix. 33. 34. 

— delivered out of prison by an angel. . Jerusalem ix. 37-41. 

God smites Herod, so that he dies Jerusalem xii. 7-17- 

Elymas, the sorcerer, smitten with xii. 21-23. 

blindness Paphos xiii. 7-11. 

Paul Converted Road to Damascus ix. 1-9, 

— heals a cripple Lvstra xiv. 8-10. 

— casts out a spirit of divination Piiilljxjpi xvi, 17-1& 

— and Silas's prison doors opened by 

an earthquake ".Phillippi xvi. 25, 27. 

— communicates the Holy Ghost Corinth xix. 1-7. 

— ^heals multitudes Corinth xix. 11, 12. 

— restores Eutychus to life Troas xx. 9-12. 

— shakes off the viper Melita xxviii, 3-7. 

heals the father of Publius, and 

—•thers '. Melita xxviii. 7-9. 

10 355 



TTTT: PAr.ABLES RECORDED IN THE OLD TESTA:\IENT. 



Parables. 



Spoken at 



Recorded in. 



Of Balaam.— Concerning the Moabites 

and Israelites Mount Pisgah. . .Num. xxiii. 24. 

JoTKAM. — Trees making a king Mount Gerizim. . Judg. ix. 7-15. 

Samson. — Strong bringing forth sweet- 
ness Timnath Judg. xiv. 14. 

Nathan. — Poor man's ewe lamb Jerusalem 2 Sam. xii. 1-4. 

Woman of Tekoah.— Two brothers 

striving Jerusalem 2 Sam. xiv. 1. 

The Smitten Prophet.— The escaped 

prisoner Near Samaria 1 Kings xx. 35-40. 

Jehoash. King of Israel. — The this- 
tle and cedar... Jerusalem 2 Kings xiv. 9, 

Isaiah.— Yineyard yielding wild grapes Jerusalem Isa. y. 1-6. 

EzEKiEL. — Lions' whelps Babylon 

The boiling pot Babylon Ezek. xix. 2-9. 

The great eagles and the Ezek. xxiv. 3-5. 

vine Babylon. . . Ezek. xvii. 3-10. 



-<•►- 



THE PARABLES OF JESUS. 

AKRANGED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER 



Parables. Places. 

Parable of the 

Sower Capernaum. 

Tares " 

Seed springiiig up imperfectly... . " 

Grain of mustard-seed ** 

Leaven " 

Found treasure *' 

Precious pearl " • 

Net " 

Two debtors — '* 

Unmerciful servant " 

Samaritan Near Jericho. 

Eich fool Galilee. 

Servants who waited for their Lord *' 

Barren fig-tree " 

Lost sheep " 

Lost piece of money " 

Prodigal son *' 

Dishonest stewai'd " 

Eich man and Lazarus " 

Unjust judge Parsea. 

Pharisee and Publican *' 

Laborers in the vineyard " 

Pounds Jericho. 

Two sons Jerusalem. 

Vineyard " 

Marriage feast *' 

The virgins " 

Talents " 

Sheep and the goats '* 

356 



References. 



Matt. xiii. 1-23. 

24-30-36-43- 
Mark iv. 26-29. 
Matt. xii. 31 , 32. 
xiii. 33. 
44. 

45. 46. 
47-50. 
Luke vii. 36-50. 
Matt, xviii. 23-35. 
Luke X. 25-37. 
xii. 16-21. 
xii. 35-48. 
xiii. 6-9. 
XV. 3-7. 
8-10. 
11-32. 
xvi. 1-12, 

19-31. 
xviii. 1-8. 
9-14. 
Matt. XX. 1-16. 
Luke xix. 12-27. 
Matt. xxi. 28-32. 
33-46. 
xxii. 1-14. 
XXV. 1-13. 
14-30. 
31-46. 



THE DISCOURSES OF JESUS. 

ARRANGED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER 



Discourses. Places. References. 

Conversation with Nicodemiis Jerusalem John iii. 1-21. 

ConYersation with woman of Samaria Sychar iv. 1^12. 

Discourse in the Synagogue of XazarethN azareth Luke iv. 16-31. 

Sermon upon the mount " Matt, v.; vii. 

Instruction to the Apostles Galilee x. 

Denunciations against Chorazin, etc. . . •* xi. 20-24 

Discourse on occasion of healing the in- 
firm man , Jerusalem John v. 

Discourse concerning the disciples pluck- 
ing of corn on the Sabbath Judea Matt. xii. 1-8 

Reputation of his working miracles by 

the agency of Beelzebub Capernaum 22-37 

Discourse on the bread of life " John vii. 

Discourse about internal purity " Matt. xv. 1-20. 

Discourse against giving or taking off- 
ence, and concerning forgiveness 
of injuries " xviii. 

Discourse at the feast of tabernacles. . .Jerusalem John vii. 

Discourse on occasion of woman taken 

in adultery " viii.; i. ii. 

Discourse concerning the sheep " x. 

Denunciations against the Scribes and 

Pharisees Paraea Luke xi. 29-36 

Discourse concerning humility and 

prudence ", Galilee xiv. 7-14. 

Directions how to attain heaven Paraea Matt. xix. 16-30. 

Discourse concerning his sufferings Jerusalem xx. 17-19. 

Denunciation against the Pharisees.... *' xxiii. 

Prediction of the destruction of Jeru- 
salem " xxiv. 

The consolatory discourse " John xv. : xvii. 

Discourse as he went to Gethsemane.. . " Matt. xxvi. 31-36. 

Discourse to the disciples before his 

ascension " xxviii. 16-23 



357 



TABLES 



OF 



WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND MONEY, 



MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE. 



I. JEWISH WEIGHTS, REDUCED TO ENGLISH TROY WEIGHT. 

lbs. 

The gerah, one-twentieth of a shekel o 

The bekah, half a shekel o 

The shekel o 

The maneh, 60 shekels 2 

The talent, 50 manehs, or 3,000 shekels 125 



vr.. 


pen. 


i-r. 








12 





5 








10 





6 


















2. SCRIPTURE MEASURES OF LENGTH, REDUCED TO ENGLISH 

MEASURE. 

En,?, feet, incites. 

A digit = o 0.912 

4 = A Palm o 3.64S 

12 = 3 = A span o 10. 944 

24= 6= 3 = A cubit I 9- 888 

96 = 24 = 6= 2 = A fathom 7 3552 

144= 36= 12= 6 = 1.5 = Ezekiel's reed 10 11.32S 

192 = 48 = 16 = 8 = 2= 1.3 = An Arabian pole 14 7.104 

1920 = 4S0 = 160 = So = 20 = 13.3 = 10 = A measuring line 145 11.04 



3. THE LONG SCRIPTURE MEASURES. 

En;;, miles. 

A cubit o 

400 = A stadium or furlong o 

2000 = 5 = A sabbath-day' s journey o 

4000 = 10 = 2 = An eastern mile i 

12000= 30= 6= 3 = A parasang 4 

96000 = 240 = 48 = 24 = S = A day's journey 33 

NoTK.— 5 feet 1 pace ; 1,036 paces = 1 mile. 



paces. 


feet. 





1.824 


M5 


4.6 


729 


3. 


403 


I. 


153 


3. 


172 


4. 



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DUCKD TO KNOLlSll WINE MKASUKi:. 



dill. ) 'l»'H. 



A c.xyh o 

1.3 ^ vV lo^; o o.S;^3 

5.3 c^ 4 : A cab o 3. 3;;j 

16 -i I _' - - 3 t=s A lui\ I 

3a =^ J4 ssB 6 » a S3 A seah a 

96 = 7J aa 18 = 6 e=» 3 B= A bath, opliah, or frkiit 7 

960 »=.- 730 w iSo *at Co am 20 sm XO x^ A koY, cllOlC-;., ( V liOlUCr 75 5.25 



3. 

A- 
4-5'> 



5. scRiprrui: aikasurks ov cavm ; ;v Ivm; TliiNr.s ma, 

RKlH'CKn TO KNOLlSll CORN MllASl RK. 

Tusll. 1 Uh, ri»l. I''n'«_ 

A pachal o o o o. 1 4 

20 =s A cab o o o 2.!* "^3 

36 = i.S = An omor or gonicr o o o 5.1 

120 ~ 6 r_- ^.3 =:: A scab O I O I . 

360--- iv'> ~ 10 = 3 = An cpbab o 3 a 3. 

i8oO = 90 =50 ra 15 s= 5 r= A IctcH'h | i) o o. 

3(XK> = 180 = H.X) s=3 30 = 10 = A liomcr i r kor S o o 1. 



6. J i:\visii Mox;:v, ukpucivP to Tin-: i:Nt^.r,Tsn and aimi'.r- 

ICAN STANDARDS. 

JC. s. d. $ «>ts. 

A iHMwb o o 1.x Sj o 0^.5 

10 = A bekah o i I'-'rS o 25.09 

20 = 2 = A shekel o 3 3-375 o 50. 1S7 

1200= 120 =5 50 =5 A nianch, cirmina llobr. 5 14 0.75 25 09.35 

6txxK) = 6000 = 3o<.x> i= 6o == A lalont 3-}-* 3 9. ^5^*5 ^^--5 

A solldus aureus, or soxtula, was wcntb o \2 0.5 2 64.09 

A sicliis aureus, or gold sbekel, was worth ... i 16 6. S 03. 

A talent oi gold was worth 5 175 <^ '"•• 24309 00. 

In the jTCceding table, silver Is valued at 5.s\ and ; old at ^"4 per ounce. 



7. "ROMAN MONEY, MENTIONED TN THE NEW TESTAMENT, 
REDUCED TO THE ENGLISH AND A.MERICAN STANDARD. 

£ a. d. /•v. $ ffs. 

A tnlte 000 0.75 o 00.343 

A fartliing, abiH'A 000 1.50 o 00.687 

A penny, or deu.ulus 0072. o i3-7S 

A pound, or niir.a 3360. 13 75. 



NAMES AND TITLES 



APPLIED TO OUR 



OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, 



IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. 



The following Names or Titles of our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ, are to be found in the Scriptures of the Old and New 
Testament : 



Adam, 1 Cor. L5:45. 

Advocate, 1 John 2: 1. 

Almighty, Rev. 1:8. 

Alplia and Oinega, Rev ;• ':, 

Amen, Rev 3: U 

An?ol of the Lora Gen. 16: 7-lL 

Anointed. P.-<alni 2; 2 

Apostle, Heb 3: L 

Arm of the Lord, Isa. 51: 9, 10. 

Author of Eternal Salvation, Heb. 5: 9. 

Author of Faith, lleb. 12 2. 

Beginning? and End, Rev 22. 1.3. 

Beginning of Creation of God, Rev. 3: 14. 

Beloved, Matt. 12: IS 

Beloved Son, Matt. 3: 17; Luke 3 22. 

Blessed and only Potentate, 1 Tim. 0: 15, 

Branch, Zech. 6: 12. 

Branch of Righteousness, Jer. 33 15. 

Bread, John 6:41. 

Bread from Heaven, John 6: 51. 

Bread of God, John 6. .33. 

Bread of Life, John 6;. 35. 

Bright and Morning S^ar, Rev. 21: 1<^. 

Brightness of Father's Giorv, Heb. 1 : 3. 

Captain of Salvation, TIcb. 2:10. 

Carpenter, Mark 6: 3. 

Carpenter's Son, Matt. 13:5.5. 

Chief" Corner-S'one, 1 Peter 2- 6. 

Chi -fest anion - T. n Thoa^:aK:,Song 5 10. 

Child, Isa. 9:6. 

Child Jesus, Luke 2: 27, 43. 

Chosen of God, 1 Peter 2: 4. 

Christ, John 6; GQ. 



Christ, a King. Luke 23:2. 

Christ Jesus, Heb. 3; 1. 

Christ Jesus our Lord, 1 Tim. 1 : 12. 

Christ of God . Luke 9 : 20. 

Christ, the Chosen of God, Luke 23- 3.'>. 

Christ the Lord , Luke 2 : i I 

Christ, the Son of God, Acts 9: ':a 

Christ. Son ot the Blessed, Maik 14: 61. 

Commander, Isa 55:4. 

Consolation of Israel, Luke 2 13. 

Corner Stone Isa 28: i3. 

Counsellor, Isa 9:5. 

Covenant, Isa, 42 : 6. 

David, their King, Jer. 30:9. 

Da> Spring Luke 1: 78. 

Deliverer. Rom. 11:26. 

Desire ot Ail Nations, Hag. 2: 6. 

Door, John 10: 9. 

Door of the Sheep, John 10:7. 

Elect, Isa. 42:1 

Emmanuel. Matt. 1:2.3. 
Ensign, T>a. 11: 10. 
Everlasting Father, T'^a. 9: 6. 

Faithful, nnd True, R-v. 10. U. 

Faithfnl Witness, Rev. I:. 5. 

Faithful and True Witness, Rev. 3: 14. 

Finisher o^" Faith. Heb. 12: 2. 

First and Last. Rev. 22: 13 1: 17. 

First Becro^^^^en, Heb. 1: 6. 

First Bocrotten of the dead. Rov. 1 .5, 

First-b(^rn amomr brethren, Rom 8:29. 

First bor:i fi-oni the dead, Col.l: IS. 

First born of every creatnrc, Col. 1 : 15. 



Y^o 



TiTLES OF CI 1 HIST. 



80 1 



Hr-t Fniits, 1 C^r. 15:20. 
1- i)i-eiuiiiier, Hcl). G; 20. 
Foundation, 1 Cor. 3: 11. 
Fountain opened, Zcch. 13: 1. 
Friend of Sinners, Matt 11: 13, 

Gift of God, John-I: 10. 

Glory of Israel, Luke 2: 32. 

God blessed for ever, Rom. 9: 5. 

God manifest in the flesh, 1 Tim. 3: 16. 

God of Israel, the Saviour, Isa. 45: 15. 

God of the whole earth, Isa. 54; 5. 

God our Saviour, 1 Tim. 2\S. 

God's dear Son, Col. 1: 13. 

God with us. Matt. 1: 23. 

Ciood Master. Matt. 19: 16. 

Governor, Matt. 2: 6. 

Great Shepherd of the Sheep, Heb.13: 20. 

Head of every man, 1 Cor. 11: 3. 

Head of the Church, Col. 1: 13. 

Head of the Corner, Matt. 21: 42. 

Heir of all things, Heb. 1; 1, 2. 

High Priest, Heb. 3:1. 

High Priest of good things to come, 

Heb. 9: 11. 
Holy Child Jesus, Acts 4: 30. 
Holy One, Psa. 16: 10. 
Holy One of God, Mark 1; 24. 
Holy One of Israel, Isa. 41: 14; 54:5. 
Holy Thing, Luke 1 : 35. 
Hope, Our, 1 Tim. 1:1. 
Horn of Salvation, Luke 1: 69. 

I AM, John 8: 58. 

Image, express, of God's person, Heb. 

1:3. 
Image of God, 2 Cor. 4:4. 
Immanuel, Isa. 7: 14. 

Jesus, Matt. 1:2L 

Jesus Christ, Matt. 1: 1. 

Jesus Christ, our Saviour, Tit. 3: 6. 

Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 1: 24. 

Jesus of Nazareth, the Kingof the Jews, 

John 19: 19. 
Jesus, the King of the Jews, Matt. 27:37. 
Jesus, the Son of God, Heb. 4; 14. 
Jesus, the Son of Joseph, John 6: 42, 
Judge, Acts 10: 42. 
Just, Acts 3: 14. 
Just Man, Matt. 27:19. 
Just One, Acts 7: 52. 
Just Person, Matt 27:24. 

King, Luke 19: 33. 

King of Glory, Psa. 24: 7-10. 

King of Israel, John 1: 49. 

King of kings, 1 Tim. 6: 15. 

King of the Jews, Matt 2: 2, 

King of Zion, Matt 21: 5. 

King over all the earth, Zcch. 14: 9. 

Lamb, Eev. 5:6. 

Lamb of God, John 1 : 29, 3G. 



Lamb that was slain. Rev. 5: 12. 

Leader, Isa. 55: 4. 

Life, J(din 14:0. 

Life, Our, Col. 3:4. 

Light, Everlasting, Isa. 60:20. 

Light of the world, John 8: 12, 

Light to the Gentiles, Isa. 42: 0. 

Light, True, John I. : 9. 

Lion of the tribe of Judah, Rev. 5: .5. 

Living Bread, John 6: 51. 

Living Stone, 1 Pet. 2: 4. 

Lord,^Matt 22:43. 

Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 2 Pc. 1:11 

Lord Christ, Col. 3:24. 

Lord from Heaven, 1 G'jr. "*§* '^^ 

Lord Jesus, Acts 7: 59. 

Lord Jesus Christ, 2 Thess, 3: 6. 

Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour, Tit. 1:4. 

Lord of All, Acts 10:36. 

Lord of Glory, Jas. 2: 1. 

Lord of Hosts, Isa. 44: 6. 

Lord of Lords, Rev. 19: 16. 

Lord, Mighty in Battle, Psa. 24: 8, 

Lord of the dead and living, Rom, 14 : 9. 

Lord of the Sabbath, Mark 2: 28, 

Lord over All, Rom. 10: 12. 

Lord\s Christ, Luke 2: 26, 

Lord, Strong and Mighty, Psa. 24: 8. 

Lord, The, our Righteousness, Jer, 23:6. 

Lord, your Holy One, Isa. 43: 15. 

Lord, your Redeemer. Isa. 43: 14. 

Man, Mark 15: 39. 

Man Christ Jesus, 1 Tim. 2: 5. 

Man of Sorrows, Isa. 63: 3. 

Master, Matt. 23:10. 

Mediator, 1 Tim. 2:5, 

Mediator of the New Covenant Heb. 

12:24. 
Messenger of the Covenant, Mai. 3: 1. 
Messiah, the Prince, Dan, 9: i:5. 
Messias, John 1: 41. 
Mighty God, Isa. 9:6. 
Mighty One of Israel, Isa. 30: 29. 
Mighty One of Jacob, Isa. 49; 25. 
?>Iighty to save, Isa. 63: 1. 
Morning Star, Rev. 22: 16. 
Most Holy, Dan. 9:21. 
Most Mighty, Psa. 45: 3. 

Nazarene, Matt 2:23. 

Offspring of David, Rev. 22: 16. 
Only-Begotten of the Father, John 1:14 
Only-Begotteu Son, John 1: IJ. 

Passover, 1 Cor. 5: 7. 

Plant of Renown, Ezek. 34: 29. . 

Potentate (only), 1 Tim. G: 15. 

Power of God,"! Cor. 1: 24. 

Precious Corner-Stonc, Isa. 23: 16. 

Priest, Heb. 7: 17. 

Prince, Acts 5: 31. 

Prince of Life, Acts 3: 15. 



ao2 



CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE. 



Prince of Pcaoo, Is.i. 9: (5. 

Prince of the kings of the Earth, Rev. 

1:5 
Prophet, Jolm G. 14. 
Propitiation, I John 2: 2. 

Rabbi, John 1 49. 
Rabboni, John 20 16. 
Redeemer, Job 19. 25. 
Redemption, 1 Cor 1 30. 
Resurrection, John 11 25. 
Riiihteous Branch, Jer 23 5. 
Ri'JthLeou^ Judsj^e 2 Tim. 4 8. 
Risjhteous Servant, Isa 53 iJL 
Righteousness, 1 Cor. 1 30. 
Rock, 1 Cor 10. 4 
Rock of Offence, 1 Pet. 2. a 
Root of David. Rev. 5. 5. 
Root of Jesse, Rom. 15 12. 
Ro><e of Sharon, Sol. Song 2:1, 
Riiier in Israel, Micah 5 2. 

Sanctification, 1 Cor. 1.30. 

Saviour, Lake 2. 11. 

Saviour of the body, Eph. 5: 23. 

Saviour of the world, 1 John 4; 14. 

Sceptre, Numb. 2\ 17. 

Second man, 1 Cor 15- 47. 

Seed of David, 2 Tim 2.8. 

Seed of the womun. Gen. 3: 15. 

Servant, Matt. 12. 18. 

Servant of Rulers. Isa. 49 7. 

Shepherd and Bishop of Souls, 1 Peter 

2:25. 
Shepherd, Chief, 1 Pet. 5- 4. 
Shei)herd, Good, John 10: 11. 
Shepherd, Great, Heb. 13:20. 
Shepherd of Israel, Psa. .SO. 1. 
Shiloh, Gen. 49: 10. 
Son Jesus Christ, 1 John 3: 23. 
Son of David, Matt. 21:9. 
Son of God, Rev. 2:18. 



Son of Joseph, Luke 3. 23. 

Son of man, John 3; 13. 

Son of Mary, Mark G: 3. 

Son of the Blessed, Mark 14: 61. 

Son of the Father, 2 John 1 : 3. 

Son of the Highest, Luke 1: 32. 

Son of the Living God, Ma(t. 16: 16. 

Son of the Mo.st High God, Mark 5: 7. 

Stone, Matt. 21:42. 

Stone ot Stumbling, 1 Pet. 2:8. 

Sun of Righteousness, Mai. 4: 2. 

Sure Foundation, Isa. 23: 16. 

Suret;^ of a better testament. Ileb. 7: 22 

Teacher, John 3: 2. 

The Beloved, Eph. 1:6. 

The Man, John 19:5. 

The Only Wise God, our Saviour, Jude 

25. 
Tried Stone, Isa. 28:16. 
True, Rev 19: 11. 
True God, 1 John 5: 20. 
True Vine, John 15: 1. 
Truth, John 14 6. 

Unspeakable Gift, 2 Cor. 9: 15. 

Very Christ, Acts 9:22. 
Vine, John 15: 5, 

Way, John 14 6. 

Which is, which was, w^hich is to come, 

Rev. 1 . 4. 
Wisdom of God, 1 Cor. 1: 2t. 
Wisdom, Our, 1 Cor. 1: 3i). 
Witness to the People, John 18: 37. 
Wonderful, Isa. 9: 6. 
Word, John 1:1. 
Word of God, Rev. 19: 13. 
Word of Life, 1 John 1: 1. 

Young Child, Matt 2: 8, la 



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